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Pressure Testing

11/11/2018

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​On Friday I went into hospital to have the pressure tested in my legs to see if I have chronic exertional compartment syndrome.  It has been a year and a half, almost to the date, since the onset of this leg pain.  I have had so many tests that it's starting to get quite  ridiculous now.  The symptoms I'm suffering with pretty much match up exactly to compartment syndrome.

The test involves having long needles pushed into each of the four compartments in each leg to test the pressure inside.  You then head off to do some exercise, when you return the tests are done again to see if there is an increase in pressure.

The test if often done by itself and then you would be referred for surgery at a later date.  As my consultant was doing the tests in theatre in the hospital, he booked out the surgery in case the results were high.

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