Thrombophilia Profile Test

Thrombophilia doesn’t cause any visible symptoms, so you might not even know you have it unless you have a blood clot. Symptoms of a blood clot depends on where it’s situated like the arm, legs, heart, lungs.

Your doctor may recommend thrombophilia profile test for you if notices the signs of thrombophilia. The symptoms include:

• pain, swelling and tenderness in your leg, usually around the calf
• a heavy ache in the affected area.
• warm skin in the area surrounding the clot.
• red skin, particularly at the back of your leg below the knee.

Thrombophilia is an abnormality of blood coagulation that increases the risk of thrombosis (blood clots in blood vessels).  Such abnormalities can be identified in 50% of people who have had an episode of thrombosis that was not created by other causes. A significant proportion of the population has a detectable thrombophilia abnormality, but most of these develop thrombosis only in the presence of an extra risk factor