is anyone on here a nurse/medically trained and can ease my hypochondria?
last night, i barely poked my leg and this morning i just had a little, tiny, baby yellow bruise. nothing serious. doesn't even hurt to touch it. but throughout the day i have had this sudden onset of severe pain every time i move my leg. my entire outer thigh is like burning. if i put pressure on my leg, it doesn't hurt at all, but if i barely brush over my skin it hurts! it feels almost like bee stings over and over again.
the reason for concern is as I explained this to my mom, apparently it's the symptoms of deep vein thrombosis.
i am trying not to freak out because the pain didn't start until i poked my leg last night, but the bruise is nothing. i should not be in pain. i am also not obese and i work out pretty regularly. i am on my feet about 5 hours a day and i haven't traveled recently or anything... i am on BC, but i just feel like there's no way it's a clot... but 18 hours later and the pain is not going away.
can someone just let me know i'm overreacting please?