At Risk for Coagulation?
Understand Your Risk for Excessive Blood Clotting Smoking. Overweight and Obesity. Pregnancy. Prolonged Bed Rest Due to Surgery, Hospitalization or Illness...
- Smoking.
- Overweight and obesity.
- Pregnancy.
- Prolonged bed rest due to surgery, hospitalization or illness.
- Long periods of sitting such as car or plane trips.
- Use of birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy.
- Cancer.
Who is at risk of thrombosis?
DVT occurs most commonly in people age 50 and over. It's also more commonly seen in people who: are overweight or obese. are pregnant or in the first six weeks postpartum.
What causes the blood to coagulate?
Blood clots form when certain parts of your blood thicken, forming a semisolid mass. This process may be triggered by an injury or it can sometimes occur inside blood vessels that don't have an obvious injury.
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