What symptoms can blood clots cause?

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Accepted Answer

Hands rubbing a swollen calf while the person sits on the edge of a bed in the morning

Blood clot symptoms are often asked about as if they were one list. They are not, and this page sets the location-based answer beside the narrower DVT picture.

Symptoms depend on location

medlineplus.gov says the symptoms depend on where the clot is. In the abdomen they include abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. In an arm or leg they include sudden or gradual pain, swelling, tenderness, and warmth.

Where DVT fits

DVT is the term readers most often pair with this question, and the arm-or-leg line is the part of the answer closest to a leg-vein clot. The Cleveland Clinic overview of deep vein thrombosis and the MedlinePlus encyclopedia entry on blood clots are worth reading side by side to see which words each uses for the same signs.

The follow-up question

Once symptoms are on the table, the next question is how a clot is confirmed and what follows. The NHLBI diagnosis page for venous thromboembolism and the NHLBI treatment page for venous thromboembolism are the NHLBI pages on those steps. Readers in Tinley Park and the surrounding towns can bring their own symptom list to a vascular clinic.