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What Causes Swelling Of Legs After Injecting Heparin Sodium For Chest Pain?

My mom had chest pain last week.Her ECG reports are normal but the doctor injected her heparin sodium.After few days she got her legs swelling(veins are swollen)and and my question is that she may have got chest pain because of gas but doctor injected 1 ml of heparin sodium daily.Is it the right diagnosis?I'm confused.tell me a good solution
Thu, 14 Dec 2017
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Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
No, this is not correct diagnosis.
Heparin is given mostly in cardiac chest pain (coronary artery disease - CAD).
With normal ecg, possibility of CAD is less likely.
Gastritis can also cause similar kind of pain.
So in my opinion, she should definitely get done 2d echo, stress test (trade mill test).
If these are also normal, no need to worry for CAD.
Give her simple antacid (pantoprazole) twice daily on empty stomach.
Ask her to avoid oily and spicy food.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.
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What Causes Swelling Of Legs After Injecting Heparin Sodium For Chest Pain?

Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. No, this is not correct diagnosis. Heparin is given mostly in cardiac chest pain (coronary artery disease - CAD). With normal ecg, possibility of CAD is less likely. Gastritis can also cause similar kind of pain. So in my opinion, she should definitely get done 2d echo, stress test (trade mill test). If these are also normal, no need to worry for CAD. Give her simple antacid (pantoprazole) twice daily on empty stomach. Ask her to avoid oily and spicy food. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.