Yasmin and Yaz Causing Wandering Blood Clots

There are many women that are suffering from clots and many other problems that have looked into their legal rights for the Yasmin lawsuits. Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella DVT is distinguished by the clots that would form in the deep veins, this would normally by in your legs. These oral contraceptives combine the synthetic hormone drospirenon and estrogen. In the recent studies they have shown that this combination would introduce the sharp increase in risks of the abnormal clots. When the clots would form in the deep veins, they could cause a pulmonary embolism, heart attack or even a stroke. Please contact us regarding further information on the Yaz class action lawsuit multi district litigations.

As long as a blood clot that had been caused by the Yasmin or Yaz remains in the original spot, they would be benign. You could experience some warmth, discomfort or even swelling in these areas due to reduced circulation, but these clots would not present any immediate dangers. However, they could become detached and then travel through your bloodstream up to your heart. This would be the most serious of the side effects of the Yaz and Yasmin could trigger.

Where Yasmin/Yaz DVT Would Occur

Yasmin and Yaz DVT normally occurs in deep vein of your legs. This would be right below the knees, clots could form in the anterior tibial, peroneal, or the posterior tibial arteries. In the thighs, the blood clots could form in the common femoral, deep, and the superficial arteries. They could also form in the external iliac, common iliac and the popliteal arteries.

Out of all of these deep veins, the common spots that the Yaz and Yasmin DVT would be in would be the lower thighs along with the mid-calves.

Why DVT Clots Break Free

Each deep vein in the leg is buried in side of muscles, these muscles contract whenever the leg would move. These contractions are very critical for your body to send oxygen from your lower half to your lungs and heart. Unfortunately, they could also set free a clot that could have formed in these deep veins.
Once your clots have broken free from the respective sites, it would flow with the bloodstream that would be carried towards the inferior vena cava. This would be the main pathway to the heart. With the emboli flowing through the vena cava, they could pose a great risk of being able to reach and then clog the major arteries.

Blood Clots in Your Heart, Brain and Lungs

Clots that had passed through the vena cava could approach the arteries that would supply the blood to the heart, brain and lungs. For example, the pulmonary arteries would deliver the deoxygenated blood up to the lungs, the coronary arteries would bring this blood to the heart, and then the carotid arteries would be responsible for supplying the blood to the brain.

Yaz blood clots and Yasmin clots that had traveled to the arteries could form the blockage in these. If the embolus would block one of the pulmonary arteries, you would experience a pulmonary embolism. The blockage in this coronary artery would result in you having a heart attack. If the blood clot reaches the carotid artery, you would suffer from a stroke.

These are 3 potentially life threatening event. And they could possible the side effects from taking Yaz and Yasmin birth control.

Should A Yaz/Yasmin Lawsuit Be Filled?

Many healthy women that had never had the history of the abnormal clots have now experienced this clotting after they had used Yasmin and Yaz oral contraceptives. Taking these pills could create DVT, which could trigger very dangerous side effects.

If someone you would know or yourself has suffered the abnormal clots, heart attack, DVT,stroke or a pulmonary embolism after using these types of oral contraceptives, please contact the Yaz class action attorney. You could have the rights of filling the lawsuit and then receiving compensation that you would deserve.