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What are the top reasons for getting blood clots in the lung?
17 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Leg clots: Most originate from clots in the large veins in the legs - sometimes from pelvic veins, especially women. Risk for clotting includes: smoking, hormones (estrogens - birth control pills), cancer, family history, obesity, prolonged immobilization, and recent surgery, advancing age.
Answered 3/13/2014
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More reasons...: I agree with dr. Orr's explanation...And some more reasons for clot to form: cancers, infections, chemotherapy, trauma, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, and clotting factors deficiency can increase your risk of forming clots in the legs/armsheart/vena cava etc....
Answered 7/5/2012
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DVT: Blood clots from the legs moving to lungs.
Answered 5/26/2012
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Clots in leg: Many causes; most common is piece(s) break off and flow until vessel narrow enough to "catch" it. This occurs in the lung.
Answered 9/28/2016
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