Kelly: EVERY THURSDAY WE'RE
TAKING A LOOK IT'S A A HEALTH
ISSUER CONCERN AFFECT MANY
PEOPLE.
BREAKING DOWN IT'S INFORMATION
AND TELLING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY.
DR. KALANI BRADY FROM THE JOHN
A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MED SIP JOINS
US NOW WITH THIS WEEK'S TOPIC,
CLOTS IN THE LEG.
IT'S FAIRLY COMMON.
HOW DO PEOPLE GET THEM?
WE'LL CALL IT DEEP VEIN
THROMBOSIS AND CAN BE VERY
SERIOUS.
USUALLY CAUSED BY THREE
CONDITIONS IN THE BODY.
ONE IS INACTIVITY IN THE LEGS.
LIKE PROLONGED REST.
A FLIGHT THAT YOU'RE ON THE
AIRPLANE AND YOU CAN'T MOVE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS.
SECONDLY, AN INJURY TO THE
LINING OF THE BLOOD VESSELS AND
THIRDLY, AN INCREASED CLOTTING
OF THE BLOOD.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
IT CAN HAPPEN HER HEREDITARY OR
FAMILIAL OR IT CAN HAPPEN
BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE
CONTRACEPTIVES.
CAN CAUSE INCREASED CLOTTING OF
THE BLOOD.
Kelly: I'VE HEARD, AND I'M
SURE OTHERS HAVE HEARD THAT
VARICOSE VEINS HAVE TO DO WITH
BLOOD CLOTS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT VARICOSE
VEINS ARE AND IS THAT SERIOUS?
VARICOSE VEINS ARE IN THE
LEG.
THE SAME AREA, BUT THEY'RE NOT
GENERALLY ASSOCIATED IN MOST
PEOPLE'S OPINION WITH BLOOD
CLOTS OF THE DEEP VEINS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STUDIES IN
THE LITERATURE THAT SHOW THERE
IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEEP
CONVENIENT US THROMBOSIS AND
VARICOSE VEINS.
GENERALLY VARICOSE VEINS ARE
SEPARATE.
THEY'RE BOTHERSOME AND PAINFUL
AT TIMES.
WE HAVE EXCELLENT FOOTAGE ON TV
NOW.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T DEEP VEINOUSES
THROMBOSIS.
THIS CAUSES CLOTS TO SHEER OFF
CASES.
AND TRAVEL TO THE LUNG WHERE
THEY OBSTRUCT OR BLOCK PART OF
THE PULMONARY ARTERIES, AND THAT
CAN BE DEADLY.
YOU HAVE TO TREAT IT
AGGRESSIVELY BECAUSE IT CAN
EITHER CAUSE DEATH RIGHT AWAY OR
CAUSE DEATH LATER.
Kelly: IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT CAN INCRE INCREASE THE RISK OF
DBT.
YES.
RECENT SURGERY.
SERIOUS SURGERY CAN DO IT.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT ORAL ON TRA --
CONTRACEPTIVE.
CANCER, OBESITY CAN CAUSE AN
INCREASED RISK.
Kelly: HOW DOES SOMEONE
KNOW IN YOU HAVE THIS?
HOW QUICKLY DO YOU SEE THE
SYMPTOMS?
THE SYMPTOMS CAN COME ON
DVT AND THE SYMPTOMS ARE, IN 97%
OF THE TIME, PAIN IN THE AREA,
SWELLING IN THE AREA OF THE DVT.
THE SWELLING IS ASYMMETRIC, ONE
SIDE WHERE THE DVT IS AND NOT
THE OTHER.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE EDEMA
WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.
86% OF THE TIME, THERE IS PAIN
IN THE OF SITE OF THE LEG CLOT.
AND 78% OF THE TIME THERE IS
WARMTH TO THE TOUCH.
YOU CAN TOUCH THAT AREA AND IT
FEELS HOT.
THOSE ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF DVT.
AND ALSO A LARGER CIRCUMFERENCE
OF THE LEG BY USING A TAPE
MEASURE AROUND THE AREA OF THE
CLOT.
IT'S VERY COMMON.
Kelly: INTERESTING.
HOW QUICKLY DO YOU NEED TO
REACTS COIT?
HOW QUICKLY CAN IT TRAVEL?
IT CAN TRAVEL WITHIN HOURS.
ONCE YOU HAVE DEEP VEINOUS
THROMBOSIS, YOU MUST TREAT IT.
AND CONTINUING THE THINNING OF
THE BLOOD WITH MEDICATIONS LIKE
WARPHERIN.
IT DOES REOCCUR BECAUSE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE DVT HAVE AT GREATER
RISK FOR THOSE CLOTTING FACTORS
TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM AGAIN.
SO YOU HAVE TO WATCH THEM FOR
LIFE.
Kelly: OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. BRAID I
CAN.
KNOW THOSE SYMPTOMS.
THIS COULD BE DEADLY VERY
QUICKLY.
THANKS SO MUCH.