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Your situation may be the one the standard guide leaves out. If it is, use the form on this page to describe it in your own words, with as much of the mess as you want to include.

Details worth putting into words

Name the constraints that pull against each other, such as two conditions that call for different advice. Mention the standard guidance you have already read and the point where it stopped fitting.

Reading to do while you decide what to include

Four reference pages cover the ground where most clot questions begin. Begin with the CDC list of risk factors for blood clots, and my.clevelandclinic.org covers deep vein thrombosis, its symptoms and treatment.

For the treatment side, see the NHLBI page on venous thromboembolism treatment and the MedlinePlus entry on blood clots.