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soo the dr's found a blood clot in my moms left arm, cause she was complaining of very bad pain their.....so what i could make out of what the arab dr lady was saying was that "they are gna give her blood thinner and its suppose to dissolve on its own within a week and she has to be on blood thinner for abt 6 months".....any one here gone thru that before??.....
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Screw all that. Tell her to stay drunk. Alcohol thins the blood!! -
Very common to start with blood thinners to see if that solves the issue. If not surgery will posibly be needed. What'd they prescribe...Coumadin? It's highly used and works well.Comment
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I never understood the logic of using opinions from strangers on the internet to validate or disprove what a doctor has told you.An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
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Sounds correct to me. Lovenox will probably be the thinner of choice (if she is hospitalized) then she will go on a thinner (coumadin) to prevent these in the future. Blood clots can be very life threatening if they move and go to the lung, brain, heart.
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Blood thinners do not dissolve clots. If the doctor said that then she needs a new doctor. Anticoagulants just prevent more clot from forming.
The treatment for upper extremity DVTs is controversial but the recommended treatment is heparin/lovenox then coumadin for 3mos. Do what the doctor says as the mortality has been quoted to be 10% to as high as 50%.Comment
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