Boy gets deep vein thrombosis - spent the day on his knees with computer games
Domingo Patricio, 14 (Merseyside, UK) spent all day playing computer games while on his knees. He needed hospital treatment for a blood clot in his leg. It was a rainy day and decided to stay indoors and play with a games console. Doctors said DVT (deep vein thrombosis), was caused by the legs into the body so long hidden. DVT are generally older people who spend a lot of time without moving - is rare among young people. The boy noticed that when he got up and hands and a calf was swollen.His father thought he had some growing pains. When the boy was then taken to the hospital the doctor diagnosed DVT. It has been prescribed a long course of warfarin (a drug in the blood Thinning). In Thailand, the authorities proposed a curfew on online gaming 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. amid
fears of dependency on the two role plays, and the dangers of marathons. take mandatory breaks every two hours have also been proposed as a means of reducing the risk of thrombosis. Dr Russell Keenan, a pediatric hematologist Alder Hey Childrens Hospital Liverpoo (UK) s, said that DVT is extremely uncommon in healthy children and healthy.He said. I have a deep vein thrombosis expecting a child might see once every few weeks - but the vast majority of which involve children who have very serious otherwise ill found The only risk factor in this case was the fact that had Dominic on his lap for 10 hours with computer games without moving SA When you bend your leg, you are basically a doubling of the vein in the leg and makes the blood supply to the pond. This is what couldthe cause of the clot. However, this does not mean that the government should Warnings put on the play station.