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Got exposed to lot of natural gas over a 3 month period. (Long story) Eventually figured out that my blood begin clotting like crazy. I have factor 5, so I
by treeman79 3y ago
Got exposed to lot of natural gas over a 3 month period. (Long story) Eventually figured out that my blood begin clotting like crazy. I have factor 5, so I was predisposed to it, but I was having 2-3 TIAs a week for a couple of years. Huge cognitive decline.
Only when a large clot showed up in lungs did they figure out what was going on.
Week after being on blood thinners and simple programming problems that were taking me weeks to solve were back down to minutes.
- Pr0ject217 3y agoThat's crazy.
- ncr100 3y agoWild. Blood clots can be scary. (personal exp). Glad to hear you know why they are happening and how to fix it. Happy clear-thinking !!!
- garganzol 3y agoIt has an official name - vascular dementia. A kind of dementia that is caused by vascular problems like blood clots in vessels making it hard to deliver the blood to the brain. Oftentimes it is close to impossible to spot this in a usual bloodwork, but were they able to spot D-dimer anomalies in your case?
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoWould definitely like to hear more about how they were able to narrow down to find a root cause. I also have factor 5 and have suffered some other non-specific symptoms (primarily extreme fatigue) but haven't been able to nail down a root cause. I'm curious if there was a test to find out how "thick" your blood was before you went on blood thinners.
- treeman79 3y agoTrial and error. Symptoms start back up every-time I go off blood thinners. Visual issues , TIAs, cognitive. Clears up when I start back up. Covid started when I was just getting treatment so lost access to doctors, so no further investigating was done.