How can a person tell if the have a blood clot

How long does the adverage blood clot stay in a persons body??

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This is dependent entirely on how large the clot is, where it is at, how the person’s blood chemistry is, and so on. The short answer is- each situation is entirely unique and assessed on an individual basis.

How is a blood clot treated in a persons leg? How long does it ta…?

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they can be caused by birth control pills and other meds, high levels of inflammation in the body or by being immobile for a long period of time….and other things, it depends on the person blood clots are treated by blood thinners, like H…

Is passing blood clots outside of stool a symptom of hemorrhoids,…?

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I’ve seen my doc, he’s sending me to a GI specialist on Thursday. May have a colonoscopy. I’m not sure what a blood clot is supposed to look like, but the blood on my stool is formed together and occaisionally when I wipe, a “clot”…

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Health question How long does a person with blood-clotting diasease live ?

Q: I have searched and read up on blood clotting problems for years but Ive not found not one sciensetist or doctor that could tell you. How long a average person can live on coumadin everyday of there life,before they die from the blood-clotting disorder? Or from blood cancer from the medication?

A: Blood cancer from Coumadin? That’s a new one to me! People who are on Coumadin long-term are usually on it so that they don’t develop blood clots that can kill them. As long as the medication is working to do this, they will continue to live until they develop something else that kills them or they die from old age. Coumadin is a pretty safe drug as long as the correct dosage is carefully monitored via bloodwork. It’s been around for quite a while now and doesn’t cause cancer.

Is this a blood clot?

Q: I am a 20 (almost) year old male, quite overweight (but not huge) and I am quite an inactive person. The most exercise i do in a day is walking to the local shops and back (which isn’t more than 250m each way). I was working late the other night at my computer and started getting a sore calf muscle on my left leg. It doesn’t hurt when i don’t move it, but if i stand or tense the muscle, then it hurts pretty bad, sort of like a sports injury or cramp.I looked up my symptoms online and was worried that it might be a blood clot, but everyone around me keeps telling me that a blood clot is extremely painful all the time and it makes your leg hot and swell slightly so it can’t be. But i am still pretty worried because it’s getting worse not better. And it can’t be a sports injury. My family all say it’s muscular.I am considering phoning the doctor tomorrow, but the thing is the pain really isn’t THAT bad. If i am sitting i don’t even notice it at all. I don’t want to waste the doctors time but i am extremely concerned about how it is getting slightly worse when i stand/walk and it feels as though my whole leg is tense down to my toes almost cramping.Just wondered if anyone has had a blood clot, or knows anyone, or has medical experience and wants to shed light on this strange condition.Don’t worry, i wont take your word as law, but i need some reassurance if i’m to get any sleep tonight.ThanksTim

A: If you are worried, call the doctor, better to be sure than not. Blood clots are dangerous, but the internet isn’t always right. Mostly likely if you call the doctor you will get the triage nurse that can give you advices as to whether to come in or not. Try eating some bananas and drinking some milk, low calcium and potassium levels can cause cramps. try walking around a bit and see if you can walk it out, or try gentle stretching of the muscle.

Pain in my calf muscle after inactivity and worried about a blood clot?

Q: I am a 20 (almost) year old male, quite overweight (but not huge) and I am quite an inactive person. The most exercise i do in a day is walking to the local shops and back (which isn’t more than 250m each way). I was working late the other night at my computer and started getting a sore calf muscle on my left leg. It doesn’t hurt when i don’t move it, but if i stand or tense the muscle, then it hurts pretty bad, sort of like a sports injury or cramp.I looked up my symptoms online and was worried that it might be a blood clot, but everyone around me keeps telling me that a blood clot is extremely painful all the time and it makes your leg hot and swell slightly so it can’t be. But i am still pretty worried because it’s getting worse not better. And it can’t be a sports injury. My family all say it’s muscular. I am considering phoning the doctor tomorrow, but the thing is the pain really isn’t THAT bad. If i am sitting i don’t even notice it at all. I don’t want to waste the doctors time but i am extremely concerned about how it is getting slightly worse when i stand/walk and it feels as though my whole leg is tense down to my toes almost cramping.Just wondered if anyone has had a blood clot, or knows anyone, or has medical experience and wants to shed light on this strange condition. Don’t worry, i wont take your word as law, but i need some reassurance if i’m to get any sleep tonight.ThanksTim

A: I just got out of the hospital Saturday because of having a blood clot in my leg. I went in Monday evening and it took that long to get things under control. I still have the clot, it never really hurt that bad, the thing that drove me to the dr. was my leg was as swollen up as it could get because the blood couldn’t get back past it. Now I’m on blood thinners which in time is supposed to break it up and pass it through my system. So do you have a blood clot, that would be the next thing you’d have to watch for, swelling of the legs. If it’s not a blood clot and just a muscle spasm, you can put them to rest by pressing into them and holding for 30 seconds. Then you should get the relief you are looking for. I hope that it was only that and that you take it as a warning to do more than what you have been doing. What I went through wasn’t fun and if I had been active, which I usually am, it may not have happened at all. Also drink lots of water and cut out the sugars, they are like putting nails in your coffin.