A pregnant woman contacts her physician because she has developed sudden, severe pain and swelling in her left lower leg. The physician explains to her that her past medical includes an inherited defect in factor V Leiden, which predisposes her to the development of which of the following?

-Abnormal bleeding

-Excessive clotting

-Thrombocytopenia

-Platelet disorders

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A pregnant woman contacts her physician because she has developed sudden, severe pain and swelling in her left lower leg. The physician explains to her that her past medical includes an inherited defect in factor V Leiden, which predisposes her to the development of which of the following?

-Abnormal bleeding

-Excessive clotting

-Thrombocytopenia

-Platelet disorders

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Anabel Lyons · Answer 1

Excessive clotting

Explanation:

Excessive clotting is a disorder that is also called excessive coagulation and thrombolytic. Human being has the capability to clotting the wound. But some people have hyper-coagulation that leads to a disorder. When excessive clotting occurs, it clots the vein too that creates a problem for the person.

It can be inherited or acquired disease The clots responsible for the swell in skin or part of the body People who suffer from this need anticoagulant. It occurs due to the deficiency of some vitamins such as vitamin C, S, Z.

The symptoms of this disorder depend on the place where clot occurs in the body. So that if clot occurs it travels to the heart and block artery that leads to a heart attack.