My ex-mother-in-law is taking blood thinners for her thick blood. Yet, she does not know what might be the cause of it. The doctor she is using really has not told her what is causing it just that she has a rare blood condition. Any ideas as to what it might be???
2007-05-02 02:35:57 · 5 answers · asked by crystal 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
there are several processes that cause hyper-coagulation. Dehydration is the most simple explanation, but if she has a rare blood condition, then that is what she has....if she wants to know more about it, then she needs to sit down with the doctor and demand an explanation she can understand, that is one of the jobs the doctor is supposed to do,
2007-05-02 02:40:00 · answer #1 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lady need not know all that much detail as long as she follows her doctor's advice. There really is no such thing as thick blood, and "blood thinners" really don't thin the blood. Calling a medicine a "blood thinner" is an unfortunate throwback to an era wherein physicians automatically figured patients were too ill-informed to understand more technical terminology.
What such drugs to is prolong the clotting time, in hopes of protecting patients from blood clots, more formally known as a thrombus. If that thrombus, which forms in distal veins (usually in the legs), begins to move, beconming what's known as an embolus, it can go places where it can cause great damage - as when it blocks blood to the lungs, the heart or the brain.
That "rare blood condition" cannot be cured; it can only be treated. If the patient is diligent in complying with the doctor's instructions, she should be able to live a reasonably long and relatively comfortable life.
2007-05-02 02:58:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are u sure thats where its coming from? iam 32wks pregneat and i have a discharge as well if u read what to expect while expecting it will tell u a discharge is normal during pregnacy! but not from the other place... so check to make sure thats where its coming from first before u run to a doctor. cuz it might just be a vigania discharge which is normal during pregnacy some ppl have them some dont!
2016-05-18 21:56:46 · answer #3 · answered by holly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not drinking enough water makes your blood thicker
2007-05-02 02:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
STUPID PEOPLE
2007-05-02 02:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋