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07-21-2015, 09:34 PM | #11 | ||
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07-21-2015, 11:09 PM | #12 | |||
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Your rheumy is right that there are other reasons for positive labs. But no one like to wait for a stroke. This would be the case in which aspirin is considered if the next labs (both aCL and Beta 2) are positive. It's a tough call to start adding a risky blood thinner like warfarin when there is no clinical symptom at all. As for your body wide neuropathy, I would think the virus may have triggered an autoimmune process and thus neuropathy. Have you been checked for various AI diseases?? |
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07-22-2015, 12:38 AM | #13 | ||
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Thanks for all your answers. I am so angry because I went to take this test by myself (I paid) just to rule out the possiblity of antiphospholipid syndrome, because stroke and cardio-vascular disease runs in our family.Unforunately my test was positive, low to moderate. I have to check once again. But now I am pregnant. I am very very scared of getting Heparin and bleeding to death. I did not have TIAs or stroke, I had migraines with aura (or are that just small tias, dont know). I have also a patent foramen ovale (a hole between two chambers of the heart). Are there any test that can predict if you will have bleeding after taking Heparin?
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07-22-2015, 12:40 AM | #14 | ||
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Am,if I will have negative results, is it possible that I had higher anticardiolipin because of some viral infections (I work in Kindergarden).
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07-22-2015, 06:45 AM | #15 | ||
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07-22-2015, 06:50 AM | #16 | ||
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Barbie... I guess anything is possible, but without a confirmed history of a viral infection it would be anyone's guess. As much as I'd like to take a pill to make this all go away, I realize after four years that that's simplistic. There are inherent risks to taking a blood thinner that my doctor and I are going to discuss in September. So sorry that you're struggling with all this.
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07-22-2015, 09:28 PM | #17 | |||
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Oh I got it now!! I thought it meant you had 5 tests...all being normal/negative. Then the positive test. Makes perfects since now!! LOL I'd agree...something is brewing. Are they checking you out for autoimmune disorders? |
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07-22-2015, 09:33 PM | #18 | |||
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There is not really a test to check for possible bleeding after heparin use. The INR level can be monitored with warfarin use, but this test is not effective for heparin. Again, you should follow-up with a hematologist now that you are pregnant. |
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07-23-2015, 01:49 AM | #19 | ||
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Thanks, I will. I will mention it to my OB tomorrow. It can cause stroke or misscarriage or stillbirth, I know. But I am very scared of Heparin.
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