How Do I Prevent Blood Clots?

Blood clots (or Venous Thromboembolism [VTE]), comprised of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), claim more than 100,000 lives every year in the United States. Yet as serious a health issue as blood clots are, studies have repeatedly shown that patients at risk for VTE often don’t receive treatments known to help prevent them.

Patient refusal of medications to prevent VTE remains a critically important issue. The Johns Hopkins VTE Collaborative is spearheading efforts to build patient-centered interventions aimed to improve patient adherence with venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis. We have created this patient education video with funding from the Patient- Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a project titled “Preventing Venous Thromboembolism: Empowering and Enabling Patient-Centered Care via Health Information Technology” (Program Award CE-12-11-4489).

More information can be found at:
AND

[stevenswen]

the title was how to prevent not what I went through

[onekerri]

I didn't hear anything about prevention; only treatment.

[Mst]

Two weeks ago I went to the Emergency Department because I suspected blood clots, they did blood work said i mostly likely.did have them. I was given a shot in my belly and told to come back in 5 hours for an ultrasound . Sure enough I had DVT in both legs. I was given a prescription and sent home. Also told that someone would contact me further from the vein clinic. I was not given any further information on what to do except taking my prescription and wait for a phone call. I’m still waiting and decided to do my own research. This is in Canada

[rlowle]

So in my case I told my dr im wearing compression stocking he said good idea. Why didn't he tell me to use them. My new pcp is Google and YouTube.

[justiceinside]

Oh how I miss American hospitals! I was taken to an er via ambulance. No pulse in foot and idiots in er ignored my no foot pulse. The resident said "oh I feel a pulse" but then said ", but I just cut my finger hehe." After much synthetic morphine they made me walk to prove they could send me home with crutches and more narcotics. The nurse was so rude forcing me to walk getting angry at me because she assumed I was faking it. She left me begging in tears on the floor. Horrendous experirnce. I went to another hospital. They found four clots in my leg, several in my pelvis, and in my stomach aorta. I was at home unable to walk for over a day before going to other hospital. I have had excellent doctors in USA. I absolutely abhor doctors in the hellhole I am currently wanting to vacate. The funny thing is I thought I had clot because I had pain in calf and thigh a few days before, but I never went to ER because the medical establishment where I am are mostly incompetent and negligent morons. I knew they would laugh me out the door. Just as they did with many clots unable to walk. They couldn't find mine in veins so assumed I was faking because they were in my artery in leg. CT scan showed the seriousness and was rushed into surgery. I have protien s deficiency and auto immune they refuse to treat it take care of as well.. ugh I wish I had enough resources to move back to USA where I had access to real doctors and hospitals.

[lisamullen]

Can we ask for compression sleeves for our legs to take home to recuperate there?

[justrick]

This is a WASTE of time for sick people NO PREVENTION FOUND IN THIS VIDEO !

[adam_playz]

I'm watching this video because I was learning about blood clots in science

[antoniolowe]

I just had hip fracture surgery and I've been out the hospital almost 2 months worried about blood clots I've been to the emergency Room 3 times since then they cannot see anything they have did blood work and all how long do I have to worry about blood clots after a major devastating injury?

[roseofsharon]

I don’t get it. I watched the whole video but I still don’t know how to prevent a blood clot except that to take the meds doctors give, compression socks, squeeze boots. I was expecting some kind of new knowledge.

[jamesoliver]

MY doctor caused my clots!! I had a pain in my leg and couldn't even walk and that man passed it off as a cramp and five years later I went back and had to insist getting an ultra sound! I had been doing the same bad things like sitting in front of the computer for hours. By that time and because he never gave a damn about it being a blood clot it grew up my leg! He could have killed me. I will never completely trust my life with a doctor again. I am being pro active even though my blood doctor disagrees with me! I did not wear those compression socks because it doesn't make sense to constrict my blood flow going in or out of my leg, especially with a clot! and all my swelling eventually went away without them. I never wanted to take factor x inhibitors (xeralto) because I do not trust them. My skin started ragging out and the enamel on my teeth was eroding so I went back on warfarin at my insistence. I will see what happens.

[vivageocentrism]

Stop. This is a waste of time does not answer anything

[ezridr]

Video doesn't match the title very well at all, full of scare tactics and little prevention advise. This caused me a time clot.

[mwanykange]

Hi out there, I am 57 years old and I was diagnosed with blood cloth and and have hospitalized for a month in the hospital. as I am writing I am still having terrible pain and my legs swells special when I sit for a long time and my feet swelling as well. what kind of medicine or herbs I can use to help me relieve this pain.

[NYCrazyRob]

3:59 Reminds me of K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider.

[gthangg_]

So, my period started with very very big clots and huge ones, and blood came... It was unstoppable big blood. We still didn't found out reason why it started like it, They said it was about hormones, I drinked all medicines but it still didn't work... Well it starts every 3 month with unstoppable blood, I don't understand literally...

[shamarabrown]

got no answers. What causes blood. clots?

[creepymcpeepers]

I’m in the hospital for a blood clot now 34 clot in my heart😭

[alexanderbacca]

Hi I'm 37 yrs old and I have been diagnose with DVT. The clot is currently in my left leg. It has been a year now and the pain now in days is getting worst as time passes by. Besides medicine how do you deal with this? Can somebody help me?

[Amitsharma-yytx]

suffering from cvt in brain...itz to painfull with stock...
.