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What are some causes for healthy 35 male to have blood clots in legs and lungs? non smoker, not over weight, no recent travel, and neg for factor v.

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Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Possibilities: There are many possible diagnoses/causes for clotting abnormally. You need a full work up. Hope this link helps: http://my.Clevelandclinic.Org/heart/disorders/vascular/hypercoagstate.Aspx.

Answered 9/14/2013

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Hypercoagulable stat: Get checked for other hypercoagulable states like protien c & s, antiphospholipid antibody, prothrombin gene mutation, antithrombin3, homocysteine etc. Older pts we recommend to screen for cancers also.

Answered 5/14/2016

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