blood disorders
Excessive Clotting
Symptoms of Excessive Clotting
Most of the inherited disorders do not begin to cause an increased risk of clotting until young adulthood, although clots can form at any age. Symptoms depend on the location of the blood clot. A blood clot in a leg (called Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) ) causes leg pain in the calf or thigh as well as warmth, redness, and swelling in the leg. If the blood clot travels to the lungs (called After several deep vein clots have occurred, more serious swelling and skin discoloration may develop ( Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Post-Thrombotic Syndrome ). Sometimes, clots form in superficial leg veins (veins near the surface of the skin), causing pain and redness ( When clots obstruct blood flow in arteries, tissues have a reduced blood supply and may be damaged or destroyed, possibly causing a Acute Coronary Syndromes (Heart Attack; Myocardial Infarction; Unstable Angina) or Blood clotting disorders can cause women to have recurrent Miscarriage . 