Had foot cramps at work. type you stand weighting foot 20 minutes or so to stop them. Often gut feels like need to get to bathroom but can't move till cramp eases up. Then slowly move without flexing feet. Went to ER once, no cause other than slightly low in magnesium. had numerous tests trying to find cause. My dad had first one at age 8. Nov 13 2022, went to ER, sore back, violent coughing, hyper ventilating, arms flailing uncontrollably, not low sugar it was 200. Hubby checked blood pressure and oxygen, normal. BPM 122! wow off to ER. At 117 BPM at ER. Had chest x-ray, ultrasound of arms, legs and lungs and heart. Put on heprin and Benadryl (allergy to iodine). Next day surgery to remove large clot from aorta. It came from under left leg, half of large clot broke off to right lung, coughed out to below lungs and heart, an acute saddl-cor pulmonary embolism, removed and put on Xarelto. (strong blood thinner). Test showed I have Factor 5 Leiden gene, which causes abnormal formation of clots. No more foot cramps, after several years unable to sleep lying down as foot cramps occurred quickly and sleeping upright on sofa feet firmly on floor, I can sleep in bed again. Thought swollen legs around ankle and feet was from upright sleeping (which by the way is #1 worst position to avoid clots), number 2 is sleeping on back. Wish I had known to seek out deep vein thrombosis DR. It took a team of 4 Drs to do the surgery, so mine was done on the 14th. See Dr noted or cardiologist. They also questioned me being on hormone use, highly associated with clots.
Had foot cramps at work. type you stand weighting foot 20 minutes or so to stop them. Often gut feels like need to get to bathroom but can't move till cramp eases up. Then slowly move without flexing feet. Went to ER once, no cause other than slightly low in magnesium. had numerous tests trying to find cause. My dad had first one at age 8. Nov 13 2022, went to ER, sore back, violent coughing, hyper ventilating, arms flailing uncontrollably, not low sugar it was 200. Hubby checked blood pressure and oxygen, normal. BPM 122! wow off to ER. At 117 BPM at ER. Had chest x-ray, ultrasound of arms, legs and lungs and heart. Put on heprin and Benadryl (allergy to iodine). Next day surgery to remove large clot from aorta. It came from under left leg, half of large clot broke off to right lung, coughed out to below lungs and heart, an acute saddl-cor pulmonary embolism, removed and put on Xarelto. (strong blood thinner). Test showed I have Factor 5 Leiden gene, which causes abnormal formation of clots. No more foot cramps, after several years unable to sleep lying down as foot cramps occurred quickly and sleeping upright on sofa feet firmly on floor, I can sleep in bed again. Thought swollen legs around ankle and feet was from upright sleeping (which by the way is #1 worst position to avoid clots), number 2 is sleeping on back. Wish I had known to seek out deep vein thrombosis DR. It took a team of 4 Drs to do the surgery, so mine was done on the 14th. See Dr noted or cardiologist. They also questioned me being on hormone use, highly associated with clots.