• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Health Hearty

Health Hearty

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Articles

Deep-vein Thrombosis (DVT) – Symptoms and Treatment

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is an ailment, in which, blood clotting or coagulation takes place in our deep vein systems. Let us explore more about the symptoms and treatment for this disease.

Home / General Health / Deep-vein Thrombosis (DVT) – Symptoms and Treatment
Deep-vein Thrombosis (DVT) - Symptoms and Treatment

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is an ailment, in which, blood clotting or coagulation takes place in our deep vein systems. Let us explore more about the symptoms and treatment for this disease.

Thrombus means a clot. When blood clots occur in deep vein systems they result in the reverse flow of the blood to the heart and to the lungs eventually.

In medical parlance, this condition of reverse flow is known as pulmonary embolism (PE). The blood clot is known as embolus and the process of blood traveling back to the lungs through heart is known as embolism. The seriousness can be understood by the fact that almost 30% of DVT leads to pulmonary embolism. A survey has found out that about 60,000 people in the US die of PE annually. More often than not, the death due to PE is misunderstood to be caused by heart attacks.

Would you like to write for us? Well, we're looking for good writers who want to spread the word. Get in touch with us and we'll talk...

Let's Work Together!

Similar to DVT, the superficial thrombophlebitis occurs in superficial system of veins leading to the formation of swelling, pain, and redness on the skin surface of the area. Like DVT, it is not so serious a problem. Every part of the body is prone to be affected by Deep vein thrombosis, however, the thighs, legs, and pelvis are affected more frequently.

Causes

Deep vein thrombosis is caused by several factors including injury to the veins, decreased blood flow in the veins, and the tendency of the blood to clot. Hence, people affected by paralysis, with a cast on the leg for healing a fractured bone, confined to bed for longer duration for medical or surgical reasons, and sitting crossed legs for longer duration are at a higher risk of developing this disease.

The tendency of the blood to clot is increased because of certain conditions. While some conditions are developed in one’s life, some others are inherited by birth. Use of birth control pills, the state of pregnancy, the decease cancer, and ulcerative colitis and some unusual blood conditions are examples of acquired conditions. Deficiencies in blood components, on the other hand, are owned by birth.

Symptoms

Tenderness and pain in the legs, swelling, increased warmth, and redness of the skin, are some of the common symptoms. The malaise can be examined with the help of x-rays, Doppler scans, plethysmography, and blood tests. The causes for increased clotting, known as hypercoagulability can be understood by the means of blood tests.

Treatment

The most crucial part of the treatment involves remedies to normalize blood clotting. This helps prevent the occurrence of PE in DVT affected person. Heparin is the most common medication that is administered for this purpose. The main function of heparin is to stop blood clotting. Normally, it is administered through veins, and for this reason, the patient needs to be hospitalized. The treatment increases the anticoagulation property of the blood.

Along with heparin, an oral medication called warfarin is used. However, warfarin is slow in its effect. Hence, heparin is continued along with warfarin for at least 24 hours. Warfarin should be continued for at least 6 months. The function of warfarin is to increase the time taken for blood clotting, known as prothrombin time (PT). The ability of the blood to clot properly is measured by the means of a system called International Normalized ratio (INR). Warfarin is adjusted in such a way that INR is between 2 and 3. People should understand the seriousness of the ailment, and take all the possible preventive measures to avoid it.

Like it? Share it!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
« Previous Post
Next Post »

Category iconGeneral Health

Get Updates Right to Your Inbox

Sign up to receive the latest and greatest articles from our site automatically each week (give or take)...right to your inbox.
Blog Updates

Further Insights

">heart health EKG
">The Facts About Women’s Heart Health
July 27, 2020
">coconuts
">The Many Benefits of Coconut Oil
May 10, 2020
">probiotic compound
">Probiotics: Dynamic Immunity Protection
May 10, 2020

Primary Sidebar

Search

Latest Articles

selection of foods for whole30

A Whole30 Calendar That Will Simplify Meal Planning

whole30 dinner on a plate

Easy Whole30 Dinners for the Busy Lifestyle

cbd oil bottle

Can You Use CBD Oil for Skin Cancer Treatment?

recipe in a book

Paleo Recipes That Make Following the Plan a Breeze

Exploring the website?

Our site includes quite a bit of content, so if you're having an issue finding what you're looking for, go on ahead and use that search feature there!

Footer

We hope you are enjoying HealthHearty! We offer the latest information for being the best, most healthy “you” you can be, covering areas ranging from nutrition and exercise to sleep and stress management.
  • Facebook
  • RSS

Copyright © Health Hearty & Buzzle.com, Inc.
6789 Quail Hill Pkwy, Suite 211 Irvine CA 92603

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsAccept
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.