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Most people have never heard of Factor V Leiden.
A lot of people carry the genetic mutation and a few people develop blood clots that are related to Factor V Leiden.
Do you know someone who has suffered a deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or other type of venous blood clot? In many cases, those blood clots were caused by issues relating to Factor V Leiden.
A large number of people live every day with complications caused by blood clots.
Sadly, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 274 people die each day or over 100,000 each year as a result of blood clots.
If the person had known they carried the Factor V Leiden gene mutation, in many cases some very simple steps taken beforehand may have saved their life.

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