Sentences with phrase «deep veins in your legs»

The extra weight of twins creates an even heavier burden on the deep veins in your legs.

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For compression stockings a majority of users found that they helped prevent blood pooling in their legs, ankle sprains and deep vein thrombosis.

However, «if the swelling is worse on one side or if pain is involved, you may have a significant problem like deep vein thrombosis, a condition where there is a blood clot that usually occurs in the leg,» says Nicole Karjane, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond.

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

The gene produces an enzyme that, if inhibited via a specific drug therapy, could offer hope to patients prone to deep - vein clots, such as those that sometimes form in the legs during lengthy airplane flights or during recuperation after major surgery.

But in an observational study of comparative safety, use of estradiol was associated with less risk of developing blood clots in leg veins (deep vein thrombosis) and clots in the lungs (pulmonary emboli) than was use of conjugated equine estrogens.

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

VTE is a common and serious condition in which blood clots form in the leg or other veins (deep vein thrombosis) or lung (pulmonary embolism).

In some cases, it can even escalate into dangerous problems such as a deep vein clots or leg ulcers,» Dr Giangobbe says.

Dr Giangobbe says damaged veins can be hidden deep in the leg.

There is evidence that long - haul flights lasting more than four hours can increase your risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT)-- a potentially life - threatening blood clot that forms in the veins of the leg.

In some cases, deep vein thrombosis may be mistaken for leg cramps.

DVT occurs when a blood clot forms in the deep vein of the leg.

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.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 600,000 Americans have deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, which is caused by blood clots that form in a person's lower leg or thigh and break off to join the blood stream.