Causes of DVT

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Doctor Savage. I'm here to describe what causes DVT. First of all DVT means deep vein thrombosis. So this is actually a blood clot that happens in the larger veins primarily in your extremities. It happens most commonly in the legs, but actually can happen in the upper extremities in the arms. This happens for a number of reasons. First of all generally speaking cancer causes hypercoagulable stasis. Other hypercoagular stasis include but are not limited to cigarette smoking, low oxygen levels. Other things that cause deep vein thrombosis are any situation which there is stasis meaning the blood isn't flowing. The blood isn't flowing, the blood allows to coagulate and to clot. This happens in many situations such as a long drive or plane flight or someone who's chronically ill and bedridden for example. Thats just a few of the caused of DVT. I'm confident this has been informative. I'm Doctor Savage and here's to your health."