Re: does liver disease cause clotting issues?

[Guest guest]

My understanding is that it does not, that as the disease progresses

it actually increases our clotting time placing us at risk for

bleeding concerns with surgries and such. They almost did not do my

last biopsy because my PT/PTT number was to high and they were

concerned about my risk of bleeding. My PCP also through a fit before

I had one surgery because the surgeon didn't order my clotting time to

be tested and then he explained to me the risk of bleeding with liver

disease.

Below is a link that explains it a little better

http://www.liverdisease.com/clotting_hepatitis.html

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> is there a correlation with liver diseases and coagulation issues?

can it cause wide spread clotting stuff? like in the brain?

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> Hall

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[Guest guest]

The last time was in the hospital they said his blood was like that of

someone on a

blood thinner. He had a shot of Vitamin K. After his last colonoscopy they gave

him a

prescription for VItamin K in pill form. He also has nose bloods daily. From my

understanding your liver makes whatever it is that causes your blood to clot

normally. When

your liver isn't functioning well, then yes, you have clotting issues. At least

that's the way

they explained it to us when he was in the hospital.

[Guest guest]

The last time was in the hospital they said his blood was like that of

someone on a

blood thinner. He had a shot of Vitamin K. After his last colonoscopy they gave

him a

prescription for VItamin K in pill form. He also has nose bloods daily. From my

understanding your liver makes whatever it is that causes your blood to clot

normally. When

your liver isn't functioning well, then yes, you have clotting issues. At least

that's the way

they explained it to us when he was in the hospital.

[Guest guest]

The last time was in the hospital they said his blood was like that of

someone on a

blood thinner. He had a shot of Vitamin K. After his last colonoscopy they gave

him a

prescription for VItamin K in pill form. He also has nose bloods daily. From my

understanding your liver makes whatever it is that causes your blood to clot

normally. When

your liver isn't functioning well, then yes, you have clotting issues. At least

that's the way

they explained it to us when he was in the hospital.