Weird lump on my leg after exercise
Hi, I'm a 26-year-old woman, 175 cm tall and around 90 kg.
I'm usually very sedentary and don't exercise much, I'm a programmer. About a week ago, I decided to work out for the first time in a long time. I felt completely fine during the workout, but the following day I started noticing symptoms.
First, my right leg became very itchy, and I found a lump about 3–4 cm in size. It was hard, red, slightly warm to the touch, and somewhat painful. Since then, I also feel like my right leg has become slightly larger than my left, although I'm not sure. I don't think there was any noticeable difference before this happened.
Over the next few days, the symptoms gradually got worse. I started feeling pain throughout my entire right leg, from my hip down to my ankle. I also noticed a yellow bruise near my knee. My leg feels unusually heavy, almost as if it weighs a couple of kilograms more than the other one, and it sometimes feels swollen. At first, I went to a doctor who thought it might be an insect bite. He prescribed a topical corticosteroid cream to help reduce the lump, but although the redness improved, the lump didn't disappear and my symptoms gradually got worse over the following days.
Then I went to another doctor, who performed a Doppler ultrasound. He said there was no evidence of a blood clot (deep vein thrombosis). He thinks I have venous insufficiency and prescribed diosmin.
However, I'm still worried because the lump it's not as big as before and it's not red, but it continues to hurt, feels heavy, and the lump hasn't gone away after a week. I'm not sure whether these symptoms can all be explained by venous insufficiency or if I should be looking into other possible causes. I have the Doppler ultrasound if it's necessary.
The leg is also very tender to the touch. Some areas are extremely painful when pressed, especially the back of my calf.
I take: nexium, sibilla (a combined oral contraceptive pill), 2mg lorazepam, 25mg fluoxetine, folic acid and Almax (almagate). I don't drink alcohol nor I smoke. For context, this was my first workout after being sedentary for a long time. I did:
- 12 bodyweight squats (1 set)
- 12 dumbbell rows (3 sets)
- 15 glute bridges (2 sets)