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| chamberhag
- Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:12 pm |
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Could a blood clot in the lung be caused by an infection caused by an allergic reaction to heprain?
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| Kim C, RN
- Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:41 am |
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I don't know if it's necessarily caused by an infection, but the answer is yes, a person can get a blood clot in the lung (called a pulmonary embolism) as a result of heparin induced thrombocytopenia, also known as HIT, which is an allergic reaction to heparin.
I want to say the statistics on this show that HIT can occur in about 30% of patients receiving heparin, but that the rate of complications such as a pulmonary embolism are much, much lower. Don't quote me on these stats though... just something I'm pulling from a memory that could be incorrect.
Try doing a Google search on HIT.
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