During a routine prenatal visit, a client in her third trimester of pregnancy reports having frequent calf pain when she walks. The nurse suspects superficial thrombophlebitis and checks for which sign associated with this condition?

Pain in the calf during walking could indicate venous thrombosis or peripheral arterial disease. The manifestations of superficial thrombophlebitis include a palpable thrombus that feels bumpy and hard, tenderness and pain in the affected lower extremity, and a warm and pinkish red color over the thrombus area. Severe chills can occur in a variety of inflammatory or infectious conditions and are also a manifestation of pelvic thrombophlebitis. Brudzinski's sign and Kernig's sign test for meningeal irritability.