CAN IVC FILTER CAUSE YOUR LEGS TO SWELL?

Before one gets a filter there was already a clot, creating swelling. That means the vein involved will never be normal and even without the filter the leg can swell usually after some time upright.  The filter, unless along with blood thinners, can actually cause propagation of the clot and more swelling of the legs.

POSTED BY:  Steven Ajluni, MD