Risk factors for DVT includes

• Pregnancy
• Smoking
• Obesity
• Injury To The Leg
• Long Periods Of Inactivity (Long Journeys, Long Haul Flights, Prolonged Bed Rest After Surgery Or Hospital Stay)
• Previous Family History
• Use Of The Oral Contraceptive Pill

If anyone with any of the above risk factors or without risk factors develops:

• Sudden swelling of the legs
• Pain in the calf muscles
• Redness and warmth in the legs

Should immediately consult Dr. Praveen Singhal, DVT expert in Jaipur to get earliest attention

• Chest pain
• Breathlessness or shortness of breath
• Coughing or coughing out blood
• Increasing leg swelling

• Swollen legs
• Black discoloration of the leg skin
• Itching
• Non healing ulcers
• Secondary varicose veins – bleeding may occur through them
• Tightening and roughness of the skin
• Pain and increase in swelling on long standing or walking

If you are suffering from any of the above symptoms, meet Dr. Praveen Singhal, color Doppler expert in Jaipur to get earliest diagnosis.

Most simple test to diagnose DVT is Duplex Ultrasound examination – this is like an routine ultrasound or sonography test but with added color doppler facility

It hardly takes15 to 20 minutes and done by myself only. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the scan.

The goals of DVT management are:

• To Stop the blood clot to get bigger
• To dissolve the already formed clot
• To Prevent the complications like pulmonary embolism due to breaking of blood clot and moving to your lungs
• Reducing the chance of another blood clot
• To prevent long-term complication of DVT known as Post Thrombotic Syndrome.