Re: DVTs

From: CyberCafe (pkbk_at_badger.tds.net)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 02:49:28 -0600

Anne Carle wrote:

> Like lupus, etc.? My old DX of Crohns disease puts me at added risk,
> as does my extensive arthritis. The DX of Crohns may not be accurate
> as I never had a biopsy, and since my DX over twenty years ago,
> ulcerative colitis has been noted in multiple family members. My
> symptoms are more consistent with colitis than Crohns, and I haven't
> had a flare for decades.

I was thinking more along the lines of the new discoveries they have made
since 1994 where they found gene mutations responsible for a lot of these
thrombosis events. Did you ever have DVTs in the past or even superficial
thrombosis? Doctors used to think there was no relationship between DVTs and
superficial thrombosis, but now they are changing their opinion on that a
little bit.

With some people with hypercoagulation disorders, they do just fine until
there is some kind of body trauma. Some medical problems, particularly
serious burns, can deplete activated protein C and S, which the body needs to
control excess clotting.

You know, I really wish doctors would quit putting a guilt trip on patients
by telling them they caused this stuff. In most cases, that's a bunch of
baloney. We've been trying for years to educate health care pros on some of
these very common blood clotting disorders. It's like pulling teeth.

Barb

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> Anne/OH
>
> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:45:16 -0600, CyberCafe <pkbk@badger.tds.net>
> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >Anne Carle wrote:
> >
> >> Hey, gang, I feel compelled to share this--I just got out of the
> >> hospital and am now on blood thinners for a huge DVT which has largely
> >> been attributed to my many hours of sitting and typing and being a
> >> smoker. Please, please...don't sit and type for more than 45 minutes
> >> straight. Get up frequently and move around. If you ever have a
> >> sensation of "heaviness", pressure, warmth or just a "funny feeling"
> >> in your leg(s), get to the doctor pronto. There isn't always pain.
> >>
> >> Anne/OH
> >
> >Did they test you for any of the common hypercoagulation disorders? I
> >sure hope they did.
> >
> >
> >Barb

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