March is DVT Awareness Month - Please Read This Post

This topic ain't pretty, but it's important. March is Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month. As a very fortunate DVT/PE survivor, I'd like to encourage you to learn about this preventable problem that kills more Americans every year than breast cancer and AIDs combined.

DVT is a blood clot that forms in the deep veins, usually in the leg. If a DVT breaks loose and travels to the lungs, it is called a pulmonary embolism (PE). Each year, up to 2 million Americans are affected by DVT, and of those, approximately 300,000 will die. That is, more people die annually from DVT/PE than from breast cancer and AIDs combined.

DVT can be prevented. To learn more about deep vein thrombosis - including the signs, symptoms, risk factors, and prevention methods - and to get answers to your questions, visit www.clotcare.com.

Got my DVT pin on. I am a survivor of PE and DVT. Thanks for promoting this condition. It is amazing how little is known by the general public of this killer. Keep up the good work...Jill

I want to thank you for promoting this condition because my mom was diagnosed with a DVT and a PE as well. I have a pin and I've been wearing it every day I don't know what I would of done if she didn't survive.