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Ms. Toad

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14. That's not where blood thinners are injected -
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 05:39 PM
Aug 2020

unless you're on IV heparin - which is an in-patient therapy with a continuous pump machine.

Been there, done that for thoracic outlet syndrome (DVT in the subclavian vein).

Current therapy:

1. subcutaneous injections (in the belly, generally)
2. IV pump as an in-hospital patient, on a 24/7 pump until stabilized (generally at least a week - in my case it took a month)
3. coumadin - which is a pill
4. tPa clot busting drugs - this has to happen very shortly after the stroke. Mine were administered directly to the clot via tubing in serted - the entry sites I'm most familiar with are the groin, or the crook of the arm (mine went in that way) - of the three, this is the one that is changed most/less directly applicable my experience to stroke treatment

So the bruise cannot be from IV blod thinners (he hasn't been hospitalized for over a week). It can be frrom bruises aggravated by blood thinners if he is on either subQ injections or coumadin.

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