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2. Pulmonary embolism - Wikipedia

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   The risk of blood clots is increased by advanced age, cancer, prolonged bed rest and immobilization, smoking, stroke, long-haul travel over 4 hours, certain genetic conditions, estrogen-based medication, pregnancy, obesity, trauma or bone fracture, and after some types of surgery.

3. Venous thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Venous thrombosis is the blockage of a vein caused by a thrombus (blood clot). A common form of venous thrombosis is deep vein thrombosis (DVT), when a blood clot forms in the deep veins. If a thrombus breaks off and flows to the lungs to lodge there, it becomes a pulmonary embolism (PE), a blood clot in the

4. Deep vein thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms can include pain, swelling, redness, and enlarged veins in the affected area, but some DVTs have no symptoms. [ 1 ] The most common life-threatening concern with DVT is the potential for a clot to embolize (detach from the veins), travel as an embolus through the right side of the heart, and become lodged in a pulmonary artery that ...

5. Thrombus - Wikipedia

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   Blood clot: Diagram of a thrombus (blood clot) that has blocked a vein valve: Specialty: Vascular surgery: Symptoms: abrupt change in mental status, chest pain, cramp-like feeling, fatigue, passing out , and swelling in the arm and/or leg: Complications: bleeding risks from taking anticoagulants, breathing problems, heart attacks, stroke: Duration

6. Thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Even when a blood vessel is not injured, blood clots may form in the body under certain conditions. A clot, or a piece of the clot, that breaks free and begins to travel around the body is known as an embolus. [1] [2] Thrombosis may occur in veins (venous thrombosis) or in arteries (arterial thrombosis).

7. How to Prevent and Treat Hemorrhoids, According to Doctors - AOL

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   However, when people have a thrombosed external hemorrhoid—which is when a blood clot forms—severe pain can last for three to five days, with symptoms gradually subsiding over three weeks ...

8. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia - Wikipedia

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   After vascular surgery, 34% of patients receiving heparin developed HIT antibodies without clinical symptoms. [15] The exact number of cases of HIT in the general population is unknown. What is known is that women receiving heparin after a recent surgical procedure, particularly cardiothoracic surgery , have a higher risk, while the risk is ...

9. OB/GYNs Explain When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Worry ... - AOL

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   Small blood clots—say, dime- or nickel-sized on your heaviest flow days—may appear during menstruation and that’s not uncommon, especially if you feel fine otherwise and you’re not ...