"David Rind" <
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> Mike Peretz wrote:
> > Doctors told me it might be intermittent claudicating so
> > they asked me
to
> > under go some medial tests to verify if the blood flow
> > to the leg is compromised. These tests showed that there
> > is no problems with blood
flow,
> > that's when they started to suggest Compartment Syndrom.
> > I am also 30
years
> > old and it is very unlikely that I have intermittent
> > claudicating in my
age.
> >
> > Tomorrow I am going to see another doctor for a second
> > option, lets see
what
> > he says. As for compartment syndrome being an emergency,
> > that is only
one
> > type of it.
>
> Never know when you'll learn something new on sci.med. I
> have to admit to never having heard of this, but now just
> went off and read about "chronic compartment syndrome",
> which indeed seems to present similarly to claudication,
> except it happens in young people with more vigorous
> exercise. Have others here heard about this before?
>
Yes, it's in the differential for a younger person with
claudication symptoms, especially if he has normal resting
and excercise ABIs. I've never seen it, however, nor has my
partner, a fellowship-trained Sports Medicine orthopod who
used to be the team physician for the Philadelphia Eagles.
That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, of course, and this is
a case where excercise compartment manometry should
probably be done.
The OP didn't mention his age or exercise habits. A good
example of the pitfalls of offering medical advice over
the internet.
HMc