The risk of DVT is much greater if you are overweight or obese. The additional weight makes it more difficult to circulate blood around the body, particularly back to the heart from the feet and legs. Consequently, the increase in blood pressure tends to damage blood vessels and promote the formation of plaques and clots. Losing weight makes it easier on your heart and blood vessels, thus reducing the risks of DVT and atherosclerosis.  Lose weight by increasing cardiovascular exercise (such as walking) and decreasing your caloric consumption. Reducing your calorie intake by 500 calories daily will result in about 4 pounds of fat tissue loss per month. The risk of DVT is also greater if you are a chronic cigarette smoker. Various compounds and additives in cigarettes negatively affect blood clotting, blood vessels and circulation in general — essentially by making your blood thicker and hypercoagulating — which increases your risk of DVT and other vascular diseases. Try to stop smoking gradually (with the help of nicotine patches), cold turkey and/or with the help of suggestive subliminal tapes or hypnotherapy.  When a blood clot breaks loose within a vein and begins moving through the bloodstream, it becomes an embolism, which can get stuck in the vessels supplying the lung or heart. This can lead to instant death in some cases. Only a fraction (10-15%) of people with a pulmonary embolism die from it shortly thereafter. Approximately 2,000,000 Americans experience a DVT each year and smoking is a significant causative factor. Being sedentary for long periods of time is a risk factor for DVT, so increase your cardiovascular exercise by walking, jogging, cycling or swimming. Your calf muscles can act like a secondary heart in a sense, helping to pump the blood in the leg veins back up to your actual heart, but only if they are contracting from some type of exercise on a fairly regular basis.  If you're seated while working or flying on a plane and can't exercise properly for hours at a time, then at least move your legs and feet around periodically while you're seated. Being immobile with a cast on a broken leg is especially risky for DVT, so try to frequently wiggle your toes while your leg is kept elevated. The most common signs and symptoms of DVT include: swelling, redness and pain in the calf or lower leg (especially along the path of a vein), difficulty weight bearing (especially running), and skin that feels warm or hot to touch.  Symptoms may be subtle. Half of patients with DVT have no symptoms when diagnosed. Compression stockings provide support to muscles and blood vessels of the lower leg, which reduces edema / swelling, as well as the risk of DVT. Compression stockings are particularly important for people who have venous insufficiency (leaky vein valves) or varicose veins. The stockings should reach to your knee or higher, but may or may not have closed toes. They are found online, at medical supply stores and sometimes at pharmacies or physiotherapist offices.  Purchase class 1 stockings, which exert the lightest pressure, unless your doctor recommends class 2 or 3 compression stockings. Use graduated compression stockings during times of high risk such as car, bus and plane travel. Graduated compression stockings, sometimes sold as "elastic flight socks," are tighter at your ankle than your thigh, which increases the speed of blood flow. Keeping well hydrated impacts your blood volume and "thins" it out somewhat, which can reduce your risk of DVT. As such, drink plenty of purified water and fresh fruit juices, especially if you live in a hot and/or dry climate. Avoid caffeine-rich liquids such as coffee, black tea, soda pop and energy drinks because caffeine is a diuretic, which stimulates excessive urination and tends to dehydrate your body with time.  During the summer months, try to drink a gallon of water on a daily basis. Remember that most fresh fruit and veggies are great sources of water also.
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