Treatment Approach for Patient with a Genetic Clotting Disorder, but No History of Thrombosis?

Clotting of the deep veins (DVT) is usually associated with immobilization (eg, staying in bed, travel, surgery), estrogen use and birth control pills, pregnancy, some cancers, and clotting disorders such as yours and other diseases such as  lupus anticoagulant, antithrombin III deficiency, protein C and protein S deficiency. People with the Factor V Leiden mutation are unable to tone down their clotting and are very prone to form clots in their deep veins (DVT) which may... more