Question: Is it safe to fly long haul (16hours then 6 hours) with a intra muscular haematoma (4cmx5cm) in the calf muscle (left soleus) there is no hyperaemia at Doppler ultrasound.

He is currently on 50mcg eltroxin (thyroxine tablets)
10 warfarin ( 2pinks)

He suffered a large pulmonary embolism blocking the pulmonary artery in march 2011 after flying Mexico to qatar. He came off wafarin in december 2011 and then He suffered another pulmonary embolism in April 2012. After a fall (displacing both elbows and fracturing his knee cap) he fell in the uk and we flew back to qatar to receive better treatment. He suffered another pulmonary embolism on our return.

He has been diagnosed with factor 5 Leiden and has been told he must stay on warfarin for life.
His inr was stable between 3.2 and 3.6 from feb to XXXXXXX 2013. Then I noticed the skin around his eyes look black and him bruising easily. He was pushing a shopping trolley when he noticed severe pain in his calf. His inr was 5.1 and scans showed

1. High grade strain left soleus
2. Intra-muscular haematoma 42x37mm
3. Diffuse muscular oedema on lateral side
4. Mild oedema on distal medial gastrocnaemius muscle
5. Subcutaneous soft tissue diffuse oedema.

that was 2 and a half weeks ago. The ultra sound on Sunday 21st July showed the hematomain had increased to 51mm x31mm but it seemed to be more liquis and they could not exclude varicose vein perforation.

He is due to fly to Mexico from qatar via Houston tomorrow morning but his pulmonary consultant said (12days ago) he is safe to fly as the haemotoma won't effect the veins and lead to DVT.

He has been suffering from shooting pains and hot and cold sweats the last 4 days


Thanks

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