The following symptoms and complaints may occur along with Leg pain:
Leading symptom
- Leg pain
General accompanying symptoms
- Peripheral edema (water retention).
- Hyperthermia (calor)
- Feeling of heavy legs (tired legs), especially after long periods of sitting and standing (note: no certain relationship to the severity of the disease).
- Localized peripheral cyanosis (blue coloration of the skin)/paleness of the affected extremity.
- Erythema (extensive reddening of the skin)
- Atrophic skin changes (loss of skin elasticity).
- Shiny skin
- Cold sensation in the affected extremity
- Cold skin
- Varices (varicose veins)
- Tendency to hematomas (bruises), spontaneous or from minor trauma.
- Stasis eczema and ulcers (-ulcers) on the legs.
- Fever
- Tachycardia (heartbeat too fast: > 100 beats per minute).
- Inflammation
Warning signs (red flags)
Thrombosis is accompanied by the following symptoms: in arterial thrombosis.
- Pain
- Partial ischemia – lack of blood flow.
- Complete ischemia – sometimes complete absence of blood flow to an organ.
- Localized peripheral cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin).
The following symptoms and complaints may indicate acute arterial occlusion (6 P according to Pratt):
- Pain (pain)
- Pallor (pallor)
- Pulselessness (Pulselessness)
- Paresthesia (sensory disturbance)
- Paralysis (inability to move)
- Prostration (shock)
Etiology (causes)
- Embolism: 70-80% (cardiac embolism 90% + arterio-arterial embolism 10%).
- Arterial thrombosis 30-20 %.
For venous thrombosis
- Fever
- Tachycardia (heart rate greater than 100 beats during normal physical exertion)
- Inflammation
- Overheating
- Swelling (e.g., swelling of the calf)
- Slight bluish discoloration
- Pain in the area of the affected veins
Caution. The symptomatology of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can be very nonspecific.
Localizations
- All blood vessels possible
- Leg veins more common than arm veins (the latter more common in men)
The following symptoms and complaints may indicate a pulmonary embolism:
The symptoms depend on the size of the thrombus! If there is a massive pulmonary embolism (ie, obstruction of more than 50% of the pulmonary circulation; in about 5-10% of all cases of pulmonary embolism), then the full picture of a pulmonary embolism described below.Leading Symptoms
- Acute onset of chest pain* (chest pain), sometimes felt as annihilation pain.
- Anxiety
- Anxiety
- Dyspnea* (shortness of breath) and tachypnea (increased or excessive respiratory rate).
- Hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
- Cough
- Sweats
- Syncope (brief loss of consciousness)
- Tachycardia (pulse too fast at > 100 beats/min).
- Central cyanosis (bluish discoloration of skin and central mucous membranes).
- Hypotension (blood pressure below normal).
- Shock
* Atemsynchronous pain with resting dyspnea (onset of dyspnea at rest).
Depending on the size of the blocked vessel, pulmonary embolism can be asymptomatic or lethal (fatal).