Heparin

Dear Dowa,
I use heparin to flush my daughters port after each IV. We also flush with saline. She also takes Coumadin once a day to help with the clotting problem that the lymies have. We used heparin in her pic line too, only in a smaller dose.

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Lyme Mom for 10 years, looking forward to a lyme free life for all.

Hi Dowa,
She uses both the heparin and coumadin. When she had the picc line it would only stay open for 9 days at a time ( that was using heparin).
So when she got the port he decided to add the coumadin to help keep it open. She only takes 1mg a day. He also checks her clotting rate often.

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Lyme Mom for 10 years, looking forward to a lyme free life for all.

Vitamin E is a natural blood thinner...

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-Razzle

Chronic Lyme Disease, Gluten & Sulfite Sensitivity, Many Food/Inhalant/Medication Allergies & Intolerances, Asthma, Gut issues (dysmotility, non-specific inflammation), UCTD ("Secondary Lupus-Like Syndrome"), Osteoporosis, Anemia, Lymphopenia, intermittant Pancytopenia, chronic malabsorption/malnutrition, etc.; G-J Tube; Currently TPN-dependent.

Meds:  Zofran, Pulmicort, Vitamin B12 Shots, Heparin (to flush PICC line).