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blood clots

hello,
My name is Jen and, up until a few months ago, was a perfectly health 24 year old college student and mother of three. On July 2nd i had a colonoscopy, July 3rd (spent 8 hrs in the ER) diagnosed with a DVT in the upper extremity stemming from my IV injection site. Now, over a month later the Dr.'s cannot seem to regulate my prescription of warfrin (blood thinners) and yet they feel it not necessary to do a coagulation profile....What is wrong with me? What conditions should i be worried about that might possible be affecting my blood...I have had my blood count checked a few times and all is fantastic, meaning it's not cancer, so what else can it be...I've never really been sick before...and If i had some kind of blood clotting disorder than wouldn't you think this would have been noticed before...?
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351246 tn?1379682132
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Hi
Thanks for keeping me posted!
In all probability if you had pain, there was some leakage from the vein. This injury could have triggered the clot formation. However nothing can be commented for sure.
Please discuss this with your doctor. Take care!
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just out of curiousity....when i had my procedure i had anesthetic which was administered through my i.v. and even though i wasn't awake for a long period of time i remember absolutely excruciating pain at the i.v. site as the medication was being administered and it brought me to tears and the nurse told me that the pain that i experienced was due to me having small veins. I have talked to the hospital where the procedure was performed and the doctor was very stunned to hear about the pain i had experienced. Is pain with anesthetic normal? or could something have been done incorrectly right from the begining? Can air cause a blood clot to form?
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351246 tn?1379682132
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi
Welcome to the forum!
It need not always be a clotting disorder, but if it is one then it really needs to be investigated. A number of times things go fine and then a trigger (In your case the IV) sets a cascade of things rolling. A clotting factor disorder will not be evident by simple blood tests which can only tell a low platelet count. So a hematologist will run a few tests for them.
The other reason for the clots would be infection or inflammation of the veins. This can at times respond to local anticoagulant therapy. Discuss this with your doctor. An injured site often acts as a source for clot formation.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

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