e-Thrombosis

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Just read an article in Indian express this week and i am sharing the same.
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/IT-employees-at-greater-risk-of-e-Thrombosis/2013/08/17/article1737679.ece
Are you the kind of techie who spends long hours in front of the computers without a break? Beware, you are at risk of developing a potentially fatal blood clot in the veins, located deep in the muscles.
Doctors say that those who sit in front of the computers for long periods, without a break, can suffer from e-Thrombosis or Electronic Deep Vein Thrombosis (e-DVT). IT employees are at a greater risk as they are likely to spend more time in front of computers than others.
Relatively a new variant of DVT, a person suffering from e-DVT can develop blood clots in veins of their legs, pelvis, hips or arms. Medical experts say that prolonged immobilisation can develop a thrombus or a blood clot. This can put the person at risk of an embolism or obstruction of the blood flow.
 “Your calf is like your second heart. When they become inactive, it affects the blood circulation from the legs back to the heart, thus posing a risk of blood clot in the veins,” said Dr Rajkumar, Vascular Surgeon, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.
DVT is associated with long air travel or economy class syndrome ever since people in London suffered sitting in deckchairs in air raids during the World War II. e-Thrombosis which can occur both in men and women gives symptoms of pain in the calf, swelling or numbness in lower limbs.
A 27-year-old IT employee underwent treatment in Stanley Hospital for about eight months after he developed symptoms of DVT. He then discontinued his treatment and later approached doctors again with pain in lower limbs. “He continued treatment for a year and went to the US. Later he suffered thrombosis in his arteries,” recalled Dr SR Subrammaniyan, vascular surgeon, Stanley Medical Hospital. “We have at least one patient with this condition once in two months,” Subrammaniyan informed.
Experts recommend precautionary measures like performing foot and ankle exercises that can activate the calf section of the leg, taking a break for a walk every once in two or three hours and drinking lots of water as dehydration can result in thickening of the blood. 

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