Phlebitis or blood clots; my husband and son have sticky platelets that cause this.?

They start to move and cause pheumonia, extreme pain.
They both take coumadine in high doses.
What causses blood platelets to be sticky?
The blood clots start in the feet and move up could cause heart attack or stroke. What can be done to prevent this?

The only way to prevent is by taking coumadine or wafarin. The sticky platelets are caused by an error in the "coagulation cascade" -- there are 13 factors that impact coagulation, including calcium. When one of the factors doesn't work properly, platelets can get sticky. There can also be too many platelets in the blood, essentially causing a traffic jam or blood clot. Without running the coagulation studies, or having more info, it's a little difficult to explain the "why" of it. The important thing is that your son and husband take their medication **** and I CANNOT stress this enough **** get their levels checked regularly. Blood thinners are insanely unstable, and the dose that works one day, may be too much the next. Keep seeing the doctor, stay on top of this with the medications. There is not a procedure that would "cure" this; there are some extreme cases where the people need to have platelet phoresis (a process in which the blood is run through a machine that removes the platelets and then the blood is put back into the person). Good luck to you, and your family.

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