[neverdem]

Times Health Guide - Deep Venous Thrombosis

Not unlike the one for quitting smoking or a torn ACL.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Mr. Bloom had three other risk factors for clots: a long plane ride

Another reason I refuse to travel for work these day, after amassing several hundred thousand frequent flyer miles. Combine the security lines, removing shoes and belt, ditching bottles of water and no water provided on the planes, seats built for 12 year olds and sitting crammed in there dehydrated for 13 hours wondering if those leg cramps are something serious - they should be paying us to fly.

[BigBobber]

Thanks for posting because the public needs to be aware of Factor V Leiden disorder. I have this problem and had my first DVT as a teenager. Luckily I have not had a second occurance in over thirty years.

It’s scary that a long plane or car ride could become fatal, but knowing about it could save some lives.

[Diver Dave]

Recently discovered I’m in that 2 - 7 % category. Found out it’s more common in Scandinavian bloodlines. So far an aspirin a day keeps the clots away.

[freema]

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[reagan_fanatic]

I had deep vein thrombosis about five years ago, and it nearly killed me. I was fortunate enough that the clot lodged in my lower abdomen and stayed there instead of travelling to a vital organ.

I thank God I’m still here. My Daughter Samantha will be turning three this August - a blessing I almost missed.

[PGalt]

“They suspect that it may have been caused by the recent traveling, a blood clot may have formed and traveled to the heart or brain..... He was a very loving, caring man, and also a Christian. So I’m sure he’s just having a great time right now :), fishing his butt off.”

From Bonnie (wife) and Brandi (daughter) of FReeper Michigander who died suddenly/recently at age 47...here...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2028909/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

RIP Bill

Life/health BUMP!

[Grampa Dave]

We have a friend, and he is in his early 60’s.

He and his wife are well retired, and their daughter is in the travel business. They own several timeshares around the world.

So the daughter gets them great travel deals and away they fly.

He has had 3 of these problems in the last 3 years. Two were after long flights and one was during a long 3 week of driving around the western US.

His Dad died of a blood clot problem when he was in his late 40’s.

So is this test a standard test and how reliable is it?

Thanks as usual.

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

Some insight into freeper Michigander's possible (apparent?) cause of death.

[neverdem]

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[mombyprofession]

My sister has Factor V and lost a baby at 20 weeks gestation because there was a clot in the umbilical cord and they didn’t know it was there until the baby had died. The testing is very expensive, so they don’t do it as a routine thing.

She has since had a successful pregnancy and has a beautiful baby boy, thanks to the use of blood thinners.

Before her diagnosis, I hadn’t heard of it before.

[Old Professer]

“A Danish study of 9,253 adults found that in people who did not smoke, were not overweight and were younger than 40, the 10-year risk of clots and emboli was 1 percent in those with one mutated gene and 3 percent in those with two damaged genes. But the risk increased to 10 percent in people with one mutated gene and 51 percent in those with two abnormal genes if they smoked, were overweight and were older than 60.”

So, don’t smoke, lose weight and don’t pass 60.