What are the chances of a 17 yr old getting blood clots?!


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What are the chances of a 17 yr old getting blood clots?

I am somewhat of a hypochondriac but lately I've been getting weird pains in my left leg and I'm not sure what it means. It's like kind of a throbbing sharp-ish pain but really concentrated in one small spot, almost like a bruise. Except I keep feeling the same pain in different spots, like it's moving around my leg and it's really annoying and making me a bit nervous because I've heard of blood clots forming in people who don't exercise much.
It's summertime and I haven't been doing a whole lot, just kind of hanging around the house, sleeping in, watching TV. I'm not obese or anything, I just hate being outside.
But I'd really like to know what is causing these mysterious pains. I'm not sure about the likelihood of blood clots because I'm fairly healthy I guess, not a smoker and I don't have any circulation or heart problems but I do take birth control pills and I have family history of heart disease and diabetes and all kinds of crazy things.. any thoughts?

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1 week ago
Oh and something else I just thought of: my feet fall asleep a lot very easily, not sure if that's relevant.

1 week ago
Madformac I do not take birth control because I am promiscuous. I happen to be a virgin. I take it for period regulation because I get debilitating cramps. And I am doing nothing because it is summer, I'm out of school and I'm only 17, no one will hire me anywhere. This is what teenagers do in summer. So thank you very much for jumping to conclusions.


Answers:

I got blood clots before when I walked too soon on a badly sprained ankle. They didn't move around. They were just under the skin...it looked like I had a rose tattooed on either side of my ankle. When I was pregnant and they were checking my legs for blood clots, they said that a deep clot would usually be a slightly red, warm spot that was painful to the touch.

It's unlikely that your problem would be blood clots, but you could see your doctor if it would reassure you. Circulation problems in your legs could be a sign of diabetes...but if the diabetes in your family is type 2, it's not likely that you would have it at such a young age, if you're not overweight.

My family medical history is full of scary things too...sometimes it's really easy to get focused on something small and decide it's something major, because it runs in your family.

Why don't you try taking a little walk each evening...just down the block and back...or swimming...or even going to the mall and just walking around and window-shopping...maybe exercise would help your circulation if that's the problem, and if the problem is your imagination, then having something to do would keep your mind off of it.

EDIT: For the person condemning her for taking birth control at age 17, you don't know why she's on it. I started birth control when I was 15 because otherwise my periods lasted three weeks. It didn't mean I was having sex, it just meant that I didn't want to walk around bleeding for three weeks out of every month. For all you know, this girl might have a similiar reason for taking birth control.




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