Medical Review

🦵 A painful leg can be a vascular emergency… but is it an artery or a vein?
❄️ Acute Limb Ischemia • Sudden severe pain • Cold, pale limb • Absent distal pulses
🔵 Deep Vein Thrombosis • Swollen painful leg • Warm, tender calf • Pulses usually present
💡 Memory anchor: Cold = Arterial problem Swollen = Venous problem
Can you tell them apart?

Worst headache of your life… or just another migraine? ⚠️
One clue can change everything.
🧠 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage → Sudden thunderclap headache → Peaks within seconds → May have neck stiffness
💡 Migraine → Usually gradual onset → Aura may come first → Photophobia and pulsating pain
Memory Anchor: ⚡ Thunderclap = Think SAH 🌈 Aura = Think Migraine
👇 Which clue helps you distinguish them fastest?