A Family History Of Embolisms

If blood clots appear before the age of 50, there is a chance an inherited type of blood deficiency has been passed down. This condition is known as inherited thrombophilia and causes blood to coagulate more easily through a lack of certain proteins or antithrombin.

Using family history to create a picture of possible illnesses to be on the lookout for has long been known to be helpful. Doctors will almost always ask for any trends of disease or sickness that runs through the family tree and pulmonary embolisms are no exception to the rule. Often times if an immediate family member, such as a sibling, has had any sort of thrombosis, then everyone else in the family is at a higher risk of having a blood clot themselves.