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  Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot (thrombus) inside one of your blood vessels or a chamber of your heart. Clots can block blood flow in your blood vessels or break free and travel elsewhere in your body. If a clot gets stuck in a critical location like your lungs or brain, it can disrupt blood flow to that organ and result in a life-threatening emergency 13 . Symptoms Symptoms of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the leg are pain, swelling, and tenderness in one of your legs (usually your calf or thigh), a heavy ache in the affected area, warm skin in the area of the clot, and red skin, particularly at the back of your leg below the knee. Sometimes there may be no symptoms of DVT 2 7 .  Symptoms of phlebitis include pain, swelling, redness, and warmth around the affected area. The affected vein can swell, leading to palpable, hard cords along the vein 14 . Phlebitis Phlebitis is inflammation of a vein, and thrombophlebitis is due to one or more blood clots in a vein th...