Deep vein thrombosis or DVT is often thought of as the condition associated with air travel. You sit too long in a fixed position on the plane and a blood clot occurs in a vein deep in your leg.
But since actress Rui En revealed she developed a DVT in a vein behind her clavicle or collarbone last week, causing her right arm to swell and bruise, all bets are off that these clots are only confined to your lower extremities. Here’s a look at what DVT is and whether it can happen to you.
WHERE ELSE CAN THE BLOOD CLOTS OCCUR?
These rogue obstructions are most likely to occur in the lower leg, thigh or pelvis, where the veins are injured, although some clots can happen in the arm, brain, intestines, liver or kidney, according to Cleveland Clinic.
For Rui En, a DVT had developed in a vein behind her clavicle or collarbone, causing the blood supply to her right arm to be cut off. The initial signs of the emergency, as shared by the actress on Instagram, were swelling, bruising and mottling on her arm.