Causes and Diagnoses
Causes and Diagnoses of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Possible risk factors of deep vein thrombosis (DVT):
- Age 65 or older
- Certain forms of cancer and treatment
- History of heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure or previous blood clot
- Immobilization (examples: prolonged travel in airplane, prolonged bed rest, leg paralysis, recent surgery)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Inherited blood clotting abnormalities or family history of blood clots
- Obesity
- Pregnancy, taking birth control pills or estrogen replacement therapy
- Smoking
- Trauma
- Varicose veins