Questions about TOS
 

Hello Everyone!


I am new to the board and need people to talk to who have the same pain and problems. I will tell me story below.

Dec 26, 2005- DVT in subclavicle and neck and lung. Came on sudden.

Since then I have seen numerous doctors about the swelling in my arm and discoloration. I have been told many times that I just have to live with it. All the physicians I have seen have not done any other tests. I also have tingling and numbness in my arm. Recently I came across this board and many of the people have the same type of symptoms. I called Dr. Sanders and he spoke with me asking me to get a venogram. I went to my local physicians office to obtain and order, the physician preformed the allen test and it was positive. He was shocked and then didn't know who or how to call the order in. I waited another day and then called Dr. Sanders office, they are going to see me next week.

One of my questions is, is it possible to have a positive allen test and not have TOS?
Also, have any of you had the DVT and then been diagnosed with TOS?

I would appreciate any feedback or comments! Thanks in advance.

Mary

Had to look it up-What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis? DVT
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/...VT_WhatIs.html

[Deep vein thrombosis (throm-BO-sis) is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body. Most deep vein clots occur in the lower leg or thigh. They also can occur in other parts of the body.

If a clot in a vein breaks off and travels through your bloodstream, it can lodge in your lung. This is called pulmonary embolism (PUL-mo-ner-e EM-bo-lizm), which is a very serious condition that can cause death. Blood clots in the thigh are usually more likely to break off and cause pulmonary embolism than clots in the lower leg or other parts of the body.

A blood clot also can occur in veins that are close to the surface of the skin. This type of blood clot is called superficial venous thrombosis or phlebitis (fle-BI-tis). Blood clots in superficial veins are not dangerous because they can’t travel to the lungs. ]

My chiro mentioned that if a vein has compression /blockages a clot is more likely than if a artery compression.

So possibly the TOS if it is that- could have caused the clot.

some info links-
TOS info:
http://www.nismat.org/ptcor/thoracic_outlet/
http://tos-syndrome.com/newpage12.htm
http://tos-syndrome.com
http://www.acofp.org/member_publications/thoracic.htm

more in our useful websites above.

Thanks
 

Thank you for your response. I hope that Dr. Sanders can help me identify what is wrong.