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• Phillip from South Africa -- look over the posts
onb our topic, "Not Feeling Well After Stenting". Others have experienced
similar discomforts which, hopefully, go away after a few weeks or so.
But if you are not feeling well, you should consult your cardiuologist.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, August 11, 2010
• I had an angiogram on 23/07/10. I feel discomfort
and occasional heat
where the 1 stent was implanted. Is this normal?
Phillip, Western Prov., South Africa, August 11, 2010
• Lob -- Read over our related topic on "Complications
from Femoral Site During Catheterization". You'll see
a number of posts about this. The black-and-blue area is called a
hematoma -- a bruise or bleeding underneath the skin. It happens not
infrequently, and usually disappears in a couple weeks. But
if the
area
is spreading
in size, it may indicate a small bleed that should be looked at. To be
safe, call your cardiologist and describe it in detail.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, May 15, 2010
• My mom just had an angiogram with a placement
of a stent. The black and blue at the site of the catheter is traveling
down her leg more and more each
day. Is this normal?
Lob, Merrick, New York, USA, May 15, 2010
• Karen -- was the catheter introduced in through
the right leg/groin area? It is possible that anerve got traumatized,
but there's also the possibility of some vascular complication. If this
is
still happening, definitely contact the cardiologist who did the
angiogram and get checked out right away
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, February 7, 2010
• I had an angiogram on 22 jan, and it was normal,
however when I went to bed that night my knee felt like it had been dislocated.
I now feel a constant throbbing and numbness in my leg. The pain is coming
from the left side of my right knee and leg. Does anyone know what this
could be. I have no pain whatsoever
from my groin.
Karen Gregory, England, United Kingdom, February
4,
2010
• Lalit -- as you can read here and in the related
topics in the right column, some patients continue to have pain at the
catheter insertion site. But normal pain should be gone after 7 days. If
this continues, see your cardiologist.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, January 25, 2010
• i have an angioplasty done and its good that i
am safe from coming heart attacks but after 7 days of operations I am still
having severe pain in right
thigh.so is it normal or i should do something to get the relief??? can i take
pain relief pills???
Lalit Redwal, India, January 24, 2010
• My sister had a 2nd angiogram within a week yesterday.
It was a femoral. She was sent home a few hrs later and has been complaining
about back and leg pain. She indicated that when she stands up she needs
help, as he legs feel like they are going to give out on her. Is this
back and leg pain normal? She had blood on the brain, but no aneurysm
was found
AZ, Arizona, USA, October 22, 2009
• Stuart -- a scrotal hematoma is not common, but
it does occur. You can find others with this complication in the related
topic on "Complications
from Femoral Site During Catheterization,
Angiogram or Angioplasty"
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, October 3, 2009
• Hi i had an angiogram 6 days ago my penis went
black and my scrotum also went black my right testicle is twice the size
as it was and very tender. I cant
sit stand or walk without being in so much pain. Is this common?
Stuart F., Lichfield, United Kingdom, September 30, 2009
• I had an angiogram 2 weeks ago and beginning
Monday, I have been having excessive pain in my left side and lower abdomen.
It feels like a needle is in me and a fluid is leaking into my stomach.
I am very swollen and can barely walk. Went back to the doctor Thursday
and they gave me pain pills. I am very short of breath. The pain medicine
is not working. I keep wondering if I should go
the ER.
Kathy, Midland, Texas, USA, September 18, 2009
• Kathy -- check out our topic on "Complications
from Femoral Site During Catheterization" in the related topics
column in the right sidebar. You'll find, unfortunately many other patients
with similar stories and what they've done.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, April 10, 2008
• I had an angiogram done about one month ago..about a week after I was
walking and all of a sudden I felt this "pop" kind on pain in my right thigh..it
hurt alot..I couldn't start back walking without pain and I couldn't start off
on the leg..I had to hold onto something to get walking again..it went off and
on like that for most of the night < work nights>..it still shows up and hurts
off and on and still have the same symptoms..now I have noticed that when I bend
my right leg I have the same kind of pain behind my knee..its not a constant
pain but it still hurts when I do get it..could this be some kind of nerve damage
from angiogram???... Thanks
Kathy, Houma, Louisiana, USA, March 31, 2008
• I had an angiogram yesterday, and gratefully
all the arteries are clear! Today my chest in the area of my heart hurts
when I move. Is this just a normal
soreness?
Nan, Utah, USA, March 22, 2008
• To all posters in this topic, please check out
the "related topics" in the right column where you'll
find many more posts related to pain after catheterization/angiogram, usually
related
to the catheter access site in the groin/leg.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, February 28, 2008
• Mukul -- a treadmill test can certainly point
up a possible problem. We're assuming this was NOT a nuclear study, done
with thallium or other nuclear isotopes. There are other non-invasive non-catheter
tests that can show the progress and presence of coronary artery disease,
such as the nuclear thallium stress test, and also more recently the 64
slice
CT angiogram. Read more about these in our Imaging
and Diagnosis section.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, January 18, 2008
• I had angioplasty in one of my arteries during
July 2003, I had no pain in the chest, but TMT (Tread Mill Test) shows
ischemia, so doctor advised to get angio and then he did angioplasty
for the artery 75% blockage was there.The other one had only 25% blockage,
so, nothing done on it. I am doing regular exercise, taking regular medication,
very moderate lifestyle having no complaint at present, rather feeling
better. But yearly routine TMT test shows ischemia positive. Do I need
to undergo
Angiography again now?
Mukul G., Ohio, USA and INDIA,
January
12,
2008
• It's been 10 days since my angiogram. Almost immediately,
I had right-side pain, not at the site, but 2 inches above and continuing
to the hip bone. Ultrasounds
and CAT scans confirmed hematoma, and was told it may take 5 weeks to go away.
Also, could have been a hernia close to reconstruction site after breast cancer.
Should I just be patient w/the very-tender site, or see the cardiologist?
Thanks.
Linda, PG, Florida, USA, October 25, 2007
• I had an angiogram 10 days ago. Results good
with nothing adverse found in heart or arteries. I now have considerable
pain in leg which encircles top of thigh and spreads down right leg,
sometimes with a feeling of a stitch in my side. I am 53 and feel angio
has created
problems that I did not have before. I did not have any pain before angiogram.
Will this subside and disappear? Has
anyone had this?
Louise Dian, United Kingdom, July 12, 2007
• It's me again. I had another Angioplasty on 21
Nov 2005. I should also mention I had one on 12 July 2005 also and 5
times previously within two years of each other. I now have a grand total
of
15 Stents inserted in my coronary arteries over the past 28 months. First,
I was pretty confident that the entry site would hold, just as it did
6 times before. This allowed me to be pain free from day one. While I did
not do any hard labor or attempt a marathon, I also did not baby it.
I
got up and walked normal 3.5 hours after the procedure. I never leaned
or limped when I walked, as one would instinctively out of fear of blowing
a cork. Now, can anyone tell me what the true record is for the amount
of coronary stents in one man's heart ? DEAD or ALIVE? BTW. . .I have
recently been diagnosed with FM and CFS
RayZ, San Diego CA USA, November 28, 2005
• Luis -- ideally "normal" would be not
having any problem, pain, swelling, etc. This is not to say you should
be worried, but you should report any complaints to your doctor. What you
describe sounds like a hematoma, and this is one of the more common complications
from angiograms -- and it may resolve itself, but always discuss these
things with the cardiologist who did the procedure. It's not possible to
give specific medical advice about this type of complication without seeing
you. Let us know what happens.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, October 1, 2005
• I had an angiogram done 6 days ago. I can walk
with a limp. I still have minor pain, sensitivity, and black and blue in
the area. I do however have a lymph I guess swelled where I can feel it.
I have to go back to work on Monday, I can wall but I do feel minor pain
in the area. Is this normal??
Luis Cornejo, New York, October 1, 2005
• Thanks for your responses. I am feeling a lot
better now. I think RayZ was right. I was babying the site and not walking
upright
some from pain and some from not wanting to rupture the site. Once i started
just taking some of the pain and walking normally the quicker the pain
went away. I will use this knowledge in the future. I now have to get one
done at least once a year to monitor the aneurysms they found.
Christy, Texas, USA, July 17, 2005
• Okay. . I agree pain is subjective. BUT,
I must state that whenever a patient says "IT HURTS", to a doctor or
a nurse, it is my guess that they want some relief. - - - The question
put forth "On a scale from 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain, 10
being the worse, 1 being the least" is a question that drives me insane.
REASON: If someone had their face ripped off, one would assume the pain
level would rate a 10. However, if some sadistic person then poured gasoline
on that open wound, where does the pain level go from there? Now, let's
put a match to it? Get the picture? It is my belief that whenever some
one says they have "PAIN" for whatever reason, once the reason for it
is established and handled accordingly (medically), the pain should be
addressed to alleviate it. I find that the medical profession lacks training
in being able to "feel the pain" being expressed by their patients and
should simply ask, "what have you done to try to alleviate it and then
take whatever action is required. Having had 6 angioplasties in the last
2 years, the pain at the entry site varied each time. Having had my last
just 2 days ago, I am sore at this time. 5 days from now I may still
be sore. It took a week for me to walk standing straight up after the
last one. One thing I did notice, walking straight up became a matter
of trusting the access site not to rupture and allowing your muscles
to carry your weight the way it was meant to. The quicker you can get
there, I believe the quicker the pain will subside. Good luck.
RayZ, San Marcos CA USA, July 14, 2005
• Christy -- first off read our disclaimer.
Nothing you read here should be used as a substitute for medical advice
from a healthcare professional. Pain is subjective -- it's hard to measure
what "a lot" means -- certainly over the internet -- but if
you are feeling "not normal", always check with your doctor.
A patient shouldn't be feeling "a lot of pain" five days after
an angiogram. Is the pain where the catheter was inserted? If so, the
insertion site should be checked for infection, etc. Let us know what
you find out.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, July 10, 2005
• I just had an angiogram done 5 days ago to insert
dye in me to see if I had an aneurysm. The doctor tried to send me back
to work the next day and then said wait a week, then go back full duty.
I am supposed to return to work tomorrow but I am still in a lot of pain.
Is this normal?
Christy, Texas, USA, July 10, 2005
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