I think I've now figured out how I'll eventually die. People who spend many hours every day sitting in front of a computer could be at risk of developing deep vein thrombosis - potentially fatal blood clots. A team led by Richard Beasley of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand identified a 32-year-old man who lost consciousness a few weeks after suffering a swollen calf. The cause was found to be a massive clot that had formed in a vein in his leg and travelled to his lungs - a pulmonary embolism.

This is actually a bit of a worry for me because I currently have a very painful (at times) right calf. I think it is a partially torn muscle from a couple of years ago that never healed quite right - but I suppose it could be a clot.

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