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CardiovascularSevere
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Hematology · Cardiovascular
Severe
Severity
Common — affects about 1-2 per 1,000 people annually
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Hematology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by factors that promote abnormal blood clotting
- 2including prolonged immobility such as long flights or bed rest
- 3recent surgery
- 4cancer
- 5pregnancy
- 6hormone therapy including oral contraceptives
- 7obesity
- 8smoking
- 9and inherited clotting disorders. Damage to blood vessel walls from injury or inflammation also increases risk.
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