A woman says she developed a blood clot from being on the contraceptive pill for over a year. Gemma Walsh, 22, shared a dramatic image of her swollen leg as a warning about Microlite, which she has taken every day for the last four years, after recently developing pain in her left calf.
After initially being told it was a problem with her Achilles tendon, Gemma went to A&E on Monday (October 12) after she noticed her leg had begun to stiffen and swell.
The image shows how her left leg looks red and inflamed and is twice the size of her right. She also has a massive golf-ball shaped lump near the base of her leg.
Following the CT scans, ultrasounds and blood tests doctors discovered a clot in her leg, as well as multiple clots in her chest
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