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Suggest Treatment For Severe Muscle Cramps In Inner Thigh And Swollen Ankle
Question: My husband is a Cumandin patient and heart patient. He was digging in the dirt one day and that night got a severe muscle cramp in his inner thigh. Now the thigh is black and blue on the whole thigh front and back. Ankle is also swollen. Hemetomia is severe.
What is your advise and is the Cumandin doing it.?
What is your advise and is the Cumandin doing it.?
Brief Answer:
Coumandin may be the cause of hematoma formation, consult doctor imm.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic.
Your history suggests that your husband is on coumandin.
Coumandin is a preparation which inhibits clot formation in body and it is prescribed when there is high risk of clotting.
Digging may have caused trauma to soft tissues.
Blue-black discoloration of the thigh is most probably due to hematoma formation.
In health, the homeostasis of body tries to control bleeding by platelet aggregation & adhesion, platelet plug formation and clot formation at the site of injury.
However, when coumadin is used, the clotting pathway is inhibited and thus uncontrolled bleeding may occur.
I suggest you to consult your treating doctor at the earliest to manage the condition.
Coumandin may have to stopped or dose may be reduced for a short while.
In addition, prothrombin time and INR need to be done to monitor the treatment with coumandin.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
Coumandin may be the cause of hematoma formation, consult doctor imm.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic.
Your history suggests that your husband is on coumandin.
Coumandin is a preparation which inhibits clot formation in body and it is prescribed when there is high risk of clotting.
Digging may have caused trauma to soft tissues.
Blue-black discoloration of the thigh is most probably due to hematoma formation.
In health, the homeostasis of body tries to control bleeding by platelet aggregation & adhesion, platelet plug formation and clot formation at the site of injury.
However, when coumadin is used, the clotting pathway is inhibited and thus uncontrolled bleeding may occur.
I suggest you to consult your treating doctor at the earliest to manage the condition.
Coumandin may have to stopped or dose may be reduced for a short while.
In addition, prothrombin time and INR need to be done to monitor the treatment with coumandin.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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