What Causes My Calves To Be Blue?

[arwyn]

From the back, it's really noticeable as is the line where it stops.

Trying to see a doctor is impossible, my Surgery has a list of ailments on their website so you can cure yourself and not bother them.

0.03% die of COVID, how many will die because they can't see a doctor?

[Buenchico]

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad/

[arwyn]

Buenchico, thank you, that sounds serious. I think I should make demands to see a doctor. Today I noticed the blue goes all the way to the top of my legs, somewhat fainter in colour but still noticeable. Thank you for your help.

[237SJ]

Don`t be panicked by links put up on here. Cyanosis just means that there is less oxygenated blood and the cause could be many things. Have a word with your GP if you need reassurance.

[arwyn]

237sj.
Will do thank you.

[Sqad]

Please ignore that link which is certainly inappropriate, frightening and in my opinion should be removed.
Firstly from what you say and the description you give is no idea.
You do not mention pain in you legs either at rest or when walking. You have not mentioned any underlying diseases from which you are suffering or any medication that you are taking.
Without those factors no reasonable diagnosis or comments can be entertained.
Please don't worry,

[Sqad]

Best Answer...?.I am spellbound.

[jourdain2]

Both Mr. J2s legs are bluey from a couple of inches below the knee to just above his ankles --- they have been like that for over 30 years, so don't panic. It does mean what you have been told by others and right now we are fighting the NHS to get his veins injected to improve circulation and reduce the strain on his heart (much nagged for appt. is on Friday). He has a triple bypass and does not need any circulatory strain, thank you very much.

If you seek help in these early stages you may fare better than OH, who just accepted it, and now we fight leg ulcers etc. on a very boring, daily long-term basis with pressure bandaging etc. Much better to get it sorted out early. I repeat 'Don't Panic' but try to get it sorted before you get to this stage.

[KARL]

At the end of last week I was talking on the telephone to someone at a call centre, he was scheduled to have surgery on/for an aortic aneurysm that is past the critical stage. Then Covid hit and he now has no scheduled access to surgery - he referred to himself as a ticking time bomb (I knew a man who died during preparations for an operation, his aneurysm burst). A week earlier I was talking to someone who had a rash and called her GP, she got an appointment for within a few hours the same day. He is in the UK, she is abroad - the contrast tells me/us something.

[237SJ]

^ That's really going to help the OP

[jourdain2]

KARL - we are even thinking about moving back to France because of the NHS. We have both had appointments just cancelled without recourse. OH was discharged before anything had been done about his veins! I got on the phone and persisted until I got this apptmt. tomorrow. I need a cataract removing urgently. I could scrape the cash together, but private hosps. are under contract to NHS.

Ah well, if necessary 'vive l'E.U.'. :(

[jno]

half the OP's about the difficulty of seeing a doctor. If your GP's totally refusing to see patients, I'd try looking for another GP. Blue legs may or may not be serious, but your next ailment might be.

[bednobs]

You say it's impossible to see a doctor. What have you ACTUALLY done to try to see one. Have you rung the surgery? Have you been offered a telephone appt?