Smoking with Factor V Leiden?

Question

I am 20 and I was just diagnosed with Factor V Leiden.. I don't smoke but I do go to the hookah bar with my friends about once every 2 months and a hookah filled with flavored tobacco (shisha).. should cut this out has well since it has some tobacco in it? or is it okay?

Answer 1

The presence of acquired risk factors for venous thrombosis -- including smoking, use of estrogen-containing (combined) forms of hormonal contraception use, and recent surgery -- further increase the chance that an individual with the factor V Leiden mutation will develop DVT.