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I have read that hormone based birth control (most pills, patches and rings) can increase the risk of blood clots, primarily in the legs and in some cases in the brain, leading to strokes. Are there any ways of decreasing this risk without dropping the pills altogether? Any foods/lifestyles to use or avoid??
Fish oil and [...]

In medicine, deep vein thrombosis (also known as deep-vein thrombosis or deep venous thrombosis and usually abbreviated as DVT) is the formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in a deep vein. It is a form of thrombophlebitis (inflammation of a vein with clot formation).
The gold standard is intravenous venography, which involves injecting a peripheral vein [...]

I have had 3 or 4 big blood clots today. I had a c-section yesterday. What is this from? I never had this problem with my last 2. It happened this am when I got up to shower & this afternoon when I got up to potty.
I am still in the hospital. they are [...]

Let me preface this with IM very big. IN college I played Lacrosse, weighed 240 and could run a 6 minute mile. A couple years ago I started feeling weak. I would carry my laptop bag thru the airport, and would have to stop every 100 yards or so to rest. My [...]

Few weeks ago I got thrombosis hemorrhoids and with proper diet it has gone down and improved. But it hasn’t gone away just want to know does it ever go away completely? or surgery of some sort the only way to get rid of that lump. Thanks.
It won’t ever just magically go away, your probably [...]

Okay, i have blood clots during my menstrual cycle (not big or abnormal) but they make my cycle extremely painful…..what i wanted to know was:
1. how do i stop/thin those blood clots through over the counter or at home remedies
2. what can be done medically, i want to know the options (be it medication, or [...]

My grandmother is in her 80s and has been on Coumadin for awhile but developed some bleeding at the stem of her brain. she is prone to blood clots so they put a vena cava filter in her leg since she can no longer be on Coumadin. She spent nearly 3 months in the hospital [...]

I have been have bleeding for 12 days since my D&C i had due to a missed miscarriage, and passing these blood clots/tissue,wondering if this is normal or do i have an infection or something?
should i go to the hospital or wait till tommorow? do you really think the hospital would help me
I would go [...]

My friend has it, but you woulda never guesssed!! SHe loooks perfectly fine but I don’t really get what it is. What is it? I know it’s life-threatning, but could you explain, with not big words (sorry) if possible? THanks. I Just want to understand it. It’s actually pretty simple to explain.
It’s a genetic [...]

Is it normal for a 33 year old married woman who has never had a child and is trying desperately to do so after 5 years of marriage, to have lots of blood clots during a period? I am having this problem and it is scaring me because I don’t know why this is happening [...]