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How can a blood clot in your upper leg affect your body ?
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Blood clot: This is usually in a vein. The real danger is that it can travel to the lungs and cause a life threatening pulmonary embolus with death.
Answered 2/3/2014
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Blood clot: Pain, swelling, decreased mobility, risk of pulmonary emboli.
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