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Inside Health

Blood Clots, Iron Supplements, Doctor's Bag

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Over half of all blood clots are acquired during hospitalisation, particularly for surgery, so prevention is key. Deep vein thromboses - DVTs - typically occur in the veins of the leg and central to prevention is the need to assess individual risk, while taking steps like special stockings, leg massagers and anticoagulant "blood thinning" drugs to mitigate them. But there are concerns in some quarters - particularly among orthopaedic surgeons - that the drive to protect patients against clots has exposed them to risks of bleeding and that the pendulum has swung too far the other way. Three leading specialists discuss the issues. And iron deficiency, a very common problem, but what is the best way to treat it? New research from Switzerland unexpectedly suggests that giving less iron, less frequently, leads to more absorption. Plus, what's in a doctor's bag?

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0:00.0

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0:23.0

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0:26.9

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0:27.6

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0:30.9

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0:33.3

This is the BBC.

0:37.2

Hello, thank you for listening to this edition of Inside Health.

0:40.2

I hope you enjoy it.

0:41.3

Coming up today, iron deficiency, a very common problem.

0:45.2

But what's the best way to treat it?

0:47.5

If you're one of the many people currently taking iron supplements,

0:51.2

you'll want to hear why less might be better.

0:54.1

Essentially, it comes down to hear why less might be better.

1:01.0

Essentially, it comes down to just simply more was better, and some would get in and just give a large dose every day.

1:02.6

But actually, there's very little evidence base to support that recommendation.

1:06.9

And the mysteries of the doctor's bag.

1:09.3

What exactly do we carry around in it?

1:12.0

But first, blood clots

1:13.2

and nicest plans to update guidance

1:15.5

for reducing the risk of hospital-acquired clots.

1:19.3

Deep vein thrombosis, DVTs,

1:21.6

typically occur in the veins of the leg

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