Shilpa Sayana, MDTriple Board Certified Functional Medicine MD.

Do Hormones Increase Blood Clot Risk?

Name: Do Hormones Increase Blood Clot Risk?
Uploaded: 2025-05-14T23:00:27+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Shilpa Sayana, MD
Description: A brief YouTube health-education clip (speaker: Shilpa Sayana, MD) that answers whether hormones increase blood clot risk. The speaker states that…

14 May 2025 · 1 min

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A brief YouTube health-education clip (speaker: Shilpa Sayana, MD) that answers whether hormones increase blood clot risk. The speaker states that hormones do increase clot risk, notes that oral contraception is a stronger risk factor than hormone replacement therapy, and recommends genetic testing for people with a family history of blood clots or strokes when considering estrogen-containing hormones.

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Do hormones increase your risk of blood clots? Yes, they do. Looking at this article more so oral contraception is more a risk factor for causing blood clots rather than hormone replacement therapy. But I do tell all my patients who are considering hormone replacement therapy and have a family history of blood clots or have a family history of strokes to think about doing genetic testing to see if they're at risk of blood clots. And that's important as you're thinking about taking hormones, especially estrogen.