![]() ![]() ![]() Keep an eye on your varicose vein symptoms and talk with your provider about having them evaluated. Monitor varicose veins with your provider. Some surgeons will place patients on blood thinner medications after surgery to prevent clots. Take medications as prescribed and use compression stockings after surgery if your provider prescribed them. The sooner you move around, the less chance you have of developing a DVT.įollow your prescription plan. Get out of bed and move around as soon as you can after a sickness or surgery. Stand up and walk at least every hour on a long flight or get out of the car every hour on long road trips.Īvoid staying in bed for long periods of time. If you need to sit still for a long time, exercise your calf muscles. These include:Īvoid prolonged periods of standing or sitting in one place. If you know you might be at a higher risk for developing a DVT, there are things you can do proactively to help prevent a clot from developing. How to prevent DVT (especially if you’re high risk) Symptoms of pulmonary embolism include chest pain, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, blood when coughing and fainting. Some people don’t know they have a DVT until the clot moves from their leg or arm and travels to their lung and becomes a pulmonary embolism. Severe headache and/or seizures (when blood clots affect the veins of your brain).Abdominal pain or back pain (when blood clots affect the veins deep inside your abdomen).Symptoms that progress instead of improving.The veins near your skin’s surface may be larger than normal.Pain or tenderness in your leg or arm (may only happen when standing or walking).Swelling of your leg or arm (sometimes suddenly), warmness to the area with red or discolored appearance.Paget-Schroetter syndrome, May-Thurner syndrome and inferior vena cava abnormalities have been found after spontaneous DVT events that could not be explained except through further testing with CT scans and MRIs. Having a procedure to the veins where they are being accessed for IV placement (central venous catheter) or IV drug useĪdditionally, anatomy variants can cause pressure on veins and this ongoing compression can lead to a blood clot forming.Taking birth control pills/hormone therapy.Having a clot in a superficial vein, which if large enough, can travel to deep veins.Having varicose veins (blood pooling or blood being trapped in veins from the valves not working correctly can form a clot).Having an autoimmune disease, like lupus.Being older than 40 (although a DVT can affect people of any age).Being pregnant or having recently delivered a baby.Not moving for long periods of time, such as trips in a car, truck, bus, train or airplane.Limited blood flow in a deep vein due to an injury, surgery, hospital stay or other type of immobilization, where your activity level has decreased, can also be a risk factor for DVT. Family history of blood clots or blood clotting genetic disorders. ![]() Risks factors and underlying issues that make people’s blood more hypercoagulable (more likely to clot) include: There are different types of risk factors for DVT, from being more susceptible to getting blood clots than the general population, to having limited blood flow from some kind of immobilization. The most serious complication of DVT is when the clot travels to your lungs where it becomes a pulmonary embolism (PE). Most DVTs occur in the lower leg, thigh or pelvis, but they can occur in other parts of your body, including the arm, brain or other organs. The blood clot may partially or completely block blood flow through the vein. DVT is a condition that occurs when a blood clot (thrombus) develops within your body’s deep veins. The human body has two sets of veins: deep and superficial. While a DVT can happen to anyone, they are preventable and can be treated if discovered early. According to the Cleveland Clinic, each year, approximately 1 to 3 in every 1,000 adults develop a DVT or pulmonary embolism in the United States, making it the third most common vascular disease, behind heart attacks and strokes. The condition is often underdiagnosed, which is why education is key. This post was written by Amber Glessner, NP, Parkview Vein Center.ĭeep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a type of blood clot that forms in veins deep in your body. ![]()
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