Deadly thrombosis of sedentary work

Stay seated at a desk for long periods can lead to deadly vein thrombosis. This 30-year-old woman suffered a danger to himself.

When Diane Buchan began to appear sharp pain in the calf, at first she did not attach any importance to this, and tried to ignore them. Women think that just pulled muscles when preparing for a charity bike ride. But Diana was not trained so hard to get a similar injury.

Later it turned out that the cause of pain in the calf was not a stretch, and   deep venous thrombosis That is formed in the veins of the left leg of a blood clot. After some time, the clot moved, and Diana has developed a life-threatening condition known as pulmonary embolism . Fortunately, surgeons at the last minute and were able to carry out an operation to remove a blood clot in the lungs, which could easily kill the patient. Even 30-40 years ago, pulmonary embolism was almost a symbol of the death penalty.

Until recently, it was customary to assume that the most important risk factor for deep vein thrombosis It is a surgical procedure. Further, according to the degree of danger settled flights on airplanes and contraceptives. But now it turns out that we have to fear and something else.

The study, whose results were published in the journal British Medical Journal, showed that conducting too much time in the sitting position women's doubles and even triples the risk of blood clots. Most at risk women who focus sedentary work more than 41 hours per week. This factor was the main reason   venous thrombosis And subsequent   pulmonary embolism   Diane Buchan.

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