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My 50 year old mother often gets small blood clots. is this a sign of something worse?
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It depend on: Location of those blood clots. If the blood clots located in the legs, some have to be done about it. If she have heart trouble(atrial fibrillation) some have to done about it.
Answered 12/9/2013
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