Saturday, August 13, 2011

#AskDrKK: Who is at risk for vein clots during long journeys?

#DrKKAnswers: Some medical conditions and medications increase a person's risk of developing a blood clot. The conditions are pregnancy; obesity; smoking; heart failure; previous vein clots or clots in the lungs; advanced age; some cancers; nephrotic syndrome and drugs like birth control pills, hormone replacement therapy, erythropoietin, tamoxifen, thalidomide. The risk of a blood clot is further increased in people who use one of these drugs s and smokes or is overweight.

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