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Phlebitis (cont.)

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When to Seek Medical Care

Call your healthcare provider if you or a loved one has signs and symptoms of swelling, pain, and inflamed superficial veins on the arms or legs.

Deep vein thrombophlebitis requires immediate medical care. If the patient has any of these signs and symptoms, go to a hospital emergency department for evaluation:

  • High fever with any symptoms in an arm or leg

  • Lumps in a leg

  • Severe pain and swelling in an arm or leg

  • Chest pain and shortness of breath, which could be the first symptom that a blood clot has already traveled to the lung
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The clinical course and severity of septic thrombophlebitis are quite variable.

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