Sentences with phrase «called deep vein thrombosis»

Pulmonary embolism can occur when a blood clot in the leg — called a deep vein thrombosis — breaks free from the location in the leg, travels through the blood and blocks an artery in the lung.

It's always fun to get away, but there's a scary downside of traveling: Sitting still for an extended period of time, as you're forced to do on a long flight, increases your risk of developing a dangerous blood clot called deep vein thrombosis.

It can also increase your risk for a type of blood clot called deep vein thrombosis, which can cause life - threatening pulmonary embolisms and in rare cases, stroke.

Remaining seated in the same position for an extended period of time can lead to cramping, and puts you at risk for a blood clot called Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Like Dunlap, roughly one in 500 Americans suffers from blood clots in the leg veins, a condition called deep vein thrombosis.

Spinal cord patients are at risk for life threatening blood clots called deep vein thrombosis (usually in the legs) and pulmonary embolism (lungs).

I also have a prescription for the antianxiety drug Klonopin in case I can not cope with turbulence or a snoring seatmate (I'm flying in what I call Deep Vein Thrombosis Class).

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Xarelto and Eliquis are approved to treat patients with a type of irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation that significantly increases stroke risk, as well as to prevent blood clots following hip or knee replacement, and to treat deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.