A 40-year-old member asked:
what can cause blood clots in the lungs or legs?
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Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered
28 years experience Podiatry
Smoking: Smoking is one cause, varicose veins, swelling in the lower legs, trauma, being stagnant i.E sitting on a plane for a long trip., and oral contraceptives are the most common causes for the clot to go to the leg. Once in the leg, they can dislodge and go to the lung then the clot would be called a pulmonary embolism. (pulmonary = lung, embolism = moving clot.).
Answered on Sep 26, 2020
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