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What can cause a blood clot in leg?
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Immobility: Ie with a flight or long car ride, or immobilization . Could also be due to your genetics and a clotting problem.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Other diseases: Some diseases make a person hypercoagulable, so there blood clots more easily. One would need to worry about this kind of process as well as cancer which is linked to a hypercoagulable state.
Answered 9/11/2019
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Blood clot triad: Blood clots are caused by any or all elements of the triad of hypercoagulabiliy, venous stasis, and vascular injury. These were described by a German pathologist over 150 years ago and are still known as Virchow's triad for causes of venous thromboembolic disease. These can be patient related such as obesity, medical illness, etc or extrinsic such as major surgery, long haul air travel, etc
Answered 5/25/2014
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Does a blood clot in the leg usually cause significant pain?
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Would a blood clot cause pain all the time in the leg or can it come and go. Thanks.
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If a blood clot traveled before it could cause any swelling, would the pain be completely gone from leg?
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Is pain in the leg caused by blood clots worse with movement or non movement or does it vary?
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Do blood clots in the leg almost always cause redness and swelling? Can I assume I dont have one if my leg looks normal?
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