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Do blood clots go away on their own?
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When will my clot and pain go away? is a question commonly asked following diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). Blood-thinners themselves do not dissolve the clot. ... This is not a clot that can break off, but rather scar tissue within the blood vessel.
Is there a blood test to check for blood clots?
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Currently, doctors use a blood test to detect these clots. That test looks for a piece of a protein called D-dimer, which appears in the blood as a clot starts breaking apart. The new test is not only noninvasive, it is more accurate than the D-dimertest, the researchers said