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DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Press Stories

Teenage boy treated for DVT
7.20PM, 30 Jan 2004

A teenager from Merseyside has been treated for deep vein thrombosis, a condition he may have developed through spending too long playing computer games.

Dominic Patrick, a 13-year-old from the Wirral, needed blood thinning drugs to tackle the condition. Deep vein thrombosis has been linked to long-haul air flights in cramped conditions. Sue Saville of ITV News reports.

" The main problem is not the actual activity, it is the inactivity, so it is spending long periods of time with your legs bent and staying still " - Dr Russell Keenan

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