deep vein thrombosis

[JanetF]

A friend had an (iatrogenic) c-sec in Dec 2004 and now has dvt. Naturally, her doc (who was supposed to take care of her in labour but was away for the weekend...) says the c-sec couldn't possibly be the cause.
All the studies I could find are more focussed on undoing the DVT with drugs not speculating much about the cause. Could anyone point me in the right direction?
TIA

[rainbowmoon]

hmm, I thought pg was more of a risk for DVT than a c/s. you might find some more specific info here about causes
http://www.projectlinks.org/thrombosis/

[miamommy]

My friend got that after her homebirth a few years ago. She was told that it was from lack of physical movement after the birth, which is impossible because the day after she gave birth she was taking care of the newborn and her 4 yo.

Maybe the cs was a contributing factor due to being forced to lay down for a couple of days after the birth? My friend was able to get rid of it through chinese herbals after being told my doctors that she would be on medication for the rest of her life....

[mwherbs]

collective problems--pregnancy coupled with surgery

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/m...hrombosis.html


adding a little more info- here is an abstract of a review

J Perinat Med. 2002;30(5):367-70.

Clinical risk factors for deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy and the
puerperium.

Tutschek B, Struve S, Goecke T, Pillny M, Zotz R, Gerhardt A, Beckmann M.

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Dusseldorf,
Germany.

Thromboembolic events are among the leading causes of maternal mortality. Mutations in the genes for clotting factors are known, but anamnestic factors can be found in a proportion of women with deep venous thromboses (DVT) during pregnancy and the puerperium. We here describe the clinical factors and pregnancy outcomes of such a group of 70 women who were all operated on for DVT. Highest risk is conferred by a familial history of clotting disease and by known mutations of the clotting factors. This might be used to target a high risk
group for preventive treatment.

[JanetF]

Thanks everyone.

[shannon0218]

Has she been tested for clotting factors yet?? There are many clotting issues that are far more common than we'd think and the highest risk for a clot from one of those is in the post partum period (I had a clot in my left fallopian tube at 4 weeks pp)
I do have clotting issues and was on heparin from ovulation, I was also on heparin pp but because of the baby, I'd missed a dose here and there. Basically, pregnancy and pp will put a woman at higher risk of dvt and the % of women who actually have documented clotting diseases is huge. Risk escalates with age.

[JanetF]

She's having genetic tests to see if that's the cause. I'm holding my breath waiting