The number one reason why you may never leave the hospital once you walk through the front door, isn’t from malpractice or doctor error, its from developing a blood clot. The link below is about a story in Great Britain where a woman had surgery on her toe, however after leaving the hospital she developed a DVT in that leg which eventually became a Pulmonary Embolism that took her life. Its sad, it could have been easily avoided. Did this woman have any genetic blood disorders like Factor V that left her susceptible to blood clots? Was she placed on lovanox or warfarin after the surgery? Did any of her doctors educate her on the symptoms of blood clots? Wouldn’t it make sense to do a routine blood test before any surgery to see if the person has any genetic blood disorders? Slowly but surely we are getting the word out about clotting disorders, preventing DVT’s, and the educating people on the symptoms. There is a lot of valuable information at www.stoptheclot.org.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/manchester/10603537.stm
As always thank you for being a clotamin customer.
Justin
