clot in lungs during preg?

[ehl-e-chamman]

Re: clot in lungs during preg?

@prototype

on a second thought, please be careful with your ‘angraiz’ daacters. drugs/injections for dissolving clots are absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy since they thin out the blood and can cause bleeding. did they test for d-dimers before giving the injection for the clot ? it is done on blood sample and is not limited to non-pregnant people only.

totally agree with your first post but this one I’d disagree with.
D-Dimers are elevated in pregnancy … leading to false positives, which is why we (in USA) do not test for d-dimer in pregnancy.
Heparin (a blood thinner) is the the treatment of choice during pregnancy in case of of PE … because it does not cross the placenta. Ofcourse coumadin is absolutely contraindicated.
some women suffering from genetic causes of hypercoagualble states (like factor five leiden deficiency) are placed on low dose aspirin (aspirin is also a blood thinner) throughout their pregnancy, along with heparin.

sorry i felt compelled to chime in … I’d hate for non-medical readers of this forum/thread to get the idea that allll blood thinners were contraindicated during pregnancy.