I have a history of dvt blood clots

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I had gotten bitten by a cat in June first which resulted in recurrent Cellulitis . They placed a picc line and it formed a dvt bloodclot , so they took it out and put a Hickman line in , and since they had to take me off of the lovenox to put it in I developed another dvt in my right ij . And now I have a bloodclot in my left axillary vein . I went to the er last week and they asked me if I had been tested for any type of blood cancer and I said no .. should I be ??? family history of cancer.

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Dr. Shubham Jain Surgical Oncologist 20 yrs exp Delhi · Accepted Answer

Dr. Shubham Jain

Surgical Oncologist 20 yrs exp Delhi

Why are your doctor's advsing a PICC one or a Hickman's catheter for you in the first place? Please share in detail.

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