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What is DVT?
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the most common vascular diseases. In this video, Dr Jessie Shea breaks down the formation of DVT, including its location, signs, symptoms and more.
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A DVT, or deep vein thrombosis, is a blood clot that develops in one of your veins. It usually occurs in your leg and makes the leg become very painful and swollen. Deep leg veins are the larger veins that go through the muscles of the calves and the thighs. not veins you can see just below the skin, neither are they the same as varicose veins. When you have a DVT, the blood flow through the vein is partially or completely blocked by the blood clot. Calf veins are the common site of a DVT, and DVT as a whole is part of a group of problems known together as venous thromboembolism.
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