Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a condition where there is a blood clot, or clump of coagulated blood, blocking or partially blocking blood flow in a vein deep in the body. DVTs usually occur and remain in the leg veins and produce symptoms in the area of the leg around the clot. In less common but often unpredictable cases, the clot may break off and “embolize”, or travel through the blood stream and lodge in the brain, lungs, or heart causing severe damage to that organ and even death.
Certain injectable and oral medications are given to treat or prevent DVT in people with risk factors, or those who have had a previous DVT. These medications, commonly called “anticoagulants”, help prevent the DVT from embolizing to organs in the body and reduce the chance of having another blood clot. By lessoning the blood’s ability to clot, these medications prevent a DVT from getting larger, allowing the clot to dissolve over a short time while preventing other clots from developing. These medications are given for a set duration of time (3-6 months) in people with significant risk for developing a DVT, or life-long in people with inherited coagulation disorders.
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