Thousand of instructional, campaign and awareness events in countries around the world, World Thrombosis Day and its partners place a global searchlight on thrombosis as an urgent and growing health problem. The World Thrombosis Day campaign seeks to increase global awareness of thrombosis, including its causes, risk factors, symptoms and evidence-based stopover, and treatment. This mission supports the World Health Assembly's global target of shortage famine deaths by non-communicable disease by 25 % by 2025, as well as the World Health Organization's global action aim for the stopover and control of non-communicable diseases between 2013 and 2020. Take this trivia quiz about World Thrombosis Day.
1. Which one is the warning sign of deep vein thrombosis?
A. Pain
B. Swelling
C. Warmth
D. All of above
2. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs in the _______________.
A. Abdomen
B. Cleg
C. Feet
D. Chest
3. If a clot were to "embolize," this means it has…
A. Attached itself to another clot
B. Decreased in size
C. Broken loose
D. Hardened
4. You are at-risk for developing deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism if you...
A. Are obese
B. Smoke
C. Have had recent surgery
D. Any of the above
5. Who is at greater risk for pulmonary embolism?
A. Men
B. Women
C. Both of above
D. Young women
6. Signs and symptoms of pulmonary embolism can include..
A. Redness, warmth, tenderness and swelling
B. Shortness of breath, chest pain, coughing blood
C. Muscle spasms, vertigo, ringing ears
D. All of the above
7. Having a pulmonary embolism includes risk of possible ______________.
A. Diabetes
B. Sudden death
C. High blood pressure
D. All of above
8. About ____________ of people who have had DVT or PE are at risk for another episode.
A. 25 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 75 percent
D. 10 percent
9. Which one is the best treatment for deep vein thrombosis?
A. Compression stockings
B. Clot busters
C. Blood thinners
D. All of above
10. Which are two main types of thrombosis?
A. Venous thrombosis
B. Arterial thrombosis
C. Both of above
D. None of these
11. When was world thrombosis celebrated early?
A. 13 october
B. 12 October
C. 11 October
D. 14 October
12. The date of World Thrombosis Day, October 13, was chosen as it is the birthday of ____________.
A. Rabbit Brock
B. Rudolf Virchow
C. JJ Thomson
D. Rutherford
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