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Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT)
DVT Risk Factors
A person has an increased risk of a clots forming in their deep veins when they travel for long distances in a car, train or plane. All of these involve prolonged sitting with knees bent at 90°. Individuals who are hospitalized and are not up and moving around also have an increased risk as well is individuals who have undergone surgery. Any time there is a trauma to the lower leg, whether there is surgery or a cast placed or not, the individual has an increased risk of developing a deep vein thrombosis.
Other risk factors include pregnancy, obesity, certain types of medications such as birth control pills, smoking, genetic predisposition, cancer, fracture to the leg or a complication of an invasive procedure done to a vein. (1) Individuals who have varicose veins have been found to be at higher risk for the development of a deep vein thrombosis. (2)
