'DVT' It claimed more lives than AIDS & Cancer combined together? Who are the Victims?

Question

Any Survivors of 'DVT' ?
(Deep Vein Thrombosis)
It has claimed more lives then AIDS, Cancer combined together, it's shocking to know that rarely the victims are aware of the cause of death.
Any survivors OR someone known to (DVT) patients please submit your precious ANSWERs enlightening more about the problem Symptoms, Precautions, Treatment, Cure etc.,

source:
http://www.dvtcases.com

"DVT complications kill approximately 200,000 people a year in the United States—more than AIDS and breast cancer combined. Fortunately, DVT typically resolves if diagnosed early and treated properly................."

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Answer 1

most often DVT occurs in relation to inactivity, like prolonged bedrest in association with surgery, or obesity, or dehydration. Sitting on an airplane for many hours can cause them as well, so it is reccommended to take an aspirin prior to any flight. It is important after surgery to get up and get moving as soon as possible, in spite of the discomfort, to prevent DVT and or pneumonia. The best trick to avoid DVT to to avoid inactivity.

Answer 2

Deep venous thromboses are not fatal. Usually the symptoms of one of these blood clots include extremity swelling, pain, and redness. The risk of death stems from the blood clot breaking loose and lodging in the pulmonary vasculature.

Also, cancer predisposes patients to develop these forms of blood clots for several reasons. The cancers inherently increase the "clot-ability" of blood and cancer patients are more likely to be in hospitals and not moving for significant periods of time. Therefore, a patient with a terminal cancer may succumb to a pulmonary embolism and would thus be considered a death from PE and not cancer, skewing the statistic further.

Pulmonary embolisms that start as DVTs may very well kill over 200,000 people in the US annually, but I think that you'll find this is a small number compared to the numbers of people who die from AIDS and cancer.

Also, these numbers also do not take into account the treatment advances that have occurred in HIV and cancer care.

Answer 3

I don't know anyone.