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Covid linked to 33-fold increase in risk of pulmonary embolism
Infection with virus also associated with fivefold increase in risk of deep vein thrombosis, data suggests
Catching Covid is associated with a fivefold increase in the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and a 33-fold increase in risk of a potentially fatal blood clot on the lung in the 30 days after becoming infected, data suggests.
The findings, published in the British Medical Journal on Thursday, could help explain a doubling in the incidence of, and deaths from, blood clots in England since the start of the pandemic compared with the same periods in 2018 and 2019.
Read the original article at The Guardian