Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a deep vein in the body. They most often occur in the legs but can occur anywhere. They can have no symptoms.<\/p>\n
Symptoms of a DVT:<\/p>\n
Pain, swelling and tenderness at the site of the DVT<\/p>\n
Heavy ache in the area<\/p>\n
Warm skin in the area of the clot<\/p>\n
Red skin at the back of your leg, below the knee<\/p>\n
The pain may be worse when you bend your foot upward towards your knee<\/p>\n
Symptoms are similar to a pulled muscle but are accompanied by swelling, discolouration and possibly warmth which are signs it may be a DVT.<\/p>\n
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Urgent treatment is required if you have a DVT. <\/strong>Doctors will use a doppler scan to measure the blood flow in your leg and decide if you have a clot blocking the flow.<\/p>\n Information from: thrombosisuk.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a deep vein in the body. They most often occur in the legs but can occur anywhere. They can have no symptoms. Symptoms of a DVT: Pain, swelling and tenderness at the site of the DVT Heavy ache in the area Warm skin in the area […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[29],"tags":[128,127,124],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/legs-375343_640.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n