2006-07-05 17:16:07 · 9 answers · asked by jennhin2000 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
I think you mean, INR - International Normalized Ratio or something. Basically, it means your body is clotting wounds much slower. A high INR means you may have bruising, bleeding, or other symptoms characteristic of low coaguability. It may be reversible with Vitamin K - ask your healthcare practitioner - but this is not an instant reversal. If you discontinue your coumadin, the INR will return to normal in a few days time, but do not discontinue your coumadin without instructions from your healthcare practitioner.
Hope this helps.
2006-07-05 19:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by PA student 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an extremely high INR. It means that the blood has little, if any, ability to clot. The patient is at extreme risk for spontaneous bleeding that can lead to a stroke (if the bleeding is in the brain) or even death, if the bleeding is internal and undetected. However, intravenous vitamin K can reduce the INR and allow the blood to clot normally, as can infusions of certain blood products. Both treatments are only able to be given in the hospital, and an INR of 7.8 is a serious condition that needs immediate medical condition, but it is very treatable.
2006-07-05 20:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by lwiley3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bleeding like crazy. The INR in a pt who is theraputic on coumadin should be between 2 and 3. When it gets too high, the coumadin is stopped and it trickles back down over a couple days. If it is outrageously high like say 12. Plasma is given. Usually vitamin k is given as an antagonist subQ.
Also, when I say bleeding like crazy, I mean if a pt falls down and hits their head, they are at a risk for subdural hematoma. If they get a nose bleed, it bleeds and bleeds and bleeds until it becomes a life threatening event. You are always monitoring these pts for bleeding.
2006-07-06 02:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The (INH) numbers you quote are ones that I am not familiar with. What happens with elevated doses of coumadin is increased probablilty of bleeding due to injury on the shins/ feet etc. and spontanous bleeding. It can do disruptive things to people having a period.
2006-07-05 17:40:36 · answer #4 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bleeding
2006-07-07 03:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by lifes_heart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's INR...and a level of 7.8 is VERY high...actually, it's DANGEROUSLY high. An INR that high puts a person at risk for bleeding...to death.
2006-07-06 14:00:58 · answer #6 · answered by mdel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
irregular bleeding (when my grandmothers Coumidin levels were high, she bled vaginally) and bruising. Other than those two Im not sure.
2006-07-05 17:20:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your blood will be too thin and you can easily bleed.
2006-07-05 17:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by Debbie L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU WILL BLEED OUT - NEED FFP'S
2006-07-06 03:49:35 · answer #9 · answered by PAM K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋