HI Ron, did you twist or hit your knee on anything? I have lots of swelling in my feet at times and it helps me to elevate my feet when swelling gets bad, but as far as knee area-i'm not sure about that....do you have an indwelling catheter that will catch clots?? I have a greenfield,an umbrella type put in my groin area years ago when i 1st got paralyzed. (another idea is that some quads get calcium or bone build up deposits in various parts of the body that can cause irritation ) Dan H.**
________________________________ From: Quad Dude <[email protected]> To: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2013 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] need advice Ron, I would get this checked out absolutely ASAP. The symptoms you described, i.e. swollen, touching causes a spasm, hot to touch, are all classic symptoms of a blood clot. And as you may already know, a blood clot that breaks loose and travels through your bloodstream can be extremely dangerous. It's better to be safe than sorry, no matter what your family thinks. Best of luck and let us know how things work out. Steve - C4, 25 years, auto accident On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:11 AM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: Hello group, > > > I was dealing with mild disreflexia and heavy sweating for about two >weeks. All of a sudden the sweating stopped and I noticed my left knee was >swollen. If I lean on it or touch it, causes a spasm......hot to touch. Its >not going down or up, just staying the same size. What are the tell tale signs >of a blood clot? Most things like feet and knees that are swollen by water >tend to go up and down. Im afraid this is a clot. I hope you guys can give me >some help, my family thinks Im full of shit. > > >Ron
