Showing posts with label lungs. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

DVT Awareness

March is DVT awareness month.
I am a survivor of DVT.

"DVT occurs when a blood clot forms in a deep vein, usually in the lower limbs. A complication of DVT, pulmonary embolism, can occur when a fragment of a blood clot breaks loose from the wall of the vein and migrates to the lungs, where it blocks a pulmonary artery or one of its branches." - Melanie Bloom

Check out the DVT site to learn more.