Blood clots Article in Irish Time

[Dodie117]

Evidence is building that Covid-19 can cause blood clotting abnormalities in patients, which could increase their risk of death.

Researchers in Ireland have reported finding that patients with severe coronavirus infection have micro blood clots in their lungs – something they say is not seen in other lung conditions, and could explain why people with severe Covid-19 have a drastic drop in blood oxygen levels.

The study, published in the British Journal of Haematology by researchers at the Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, RCSI and St James’s hospital, Dublin, also reveals the higher the levels of various markers indicating abnormal blood clotting, the worse a patient’s prognosis.

“Further studies will be required to investigate whether different blood thinning treatments may have a role in selected high-risk patients in order to reduce the risk of clot formation,” said Prof James O’Donnell director of the Irish Centre for Vascular Biology.

[Dodie117]

Saw this. Wonder if our anticoagulants would help us if we got it.

[BobD Volunteer]

This was discussed last week I think regarding anticoagulation and the hope that we lucky people may be at an advantage but to be honest nobody knows squat at present as it is all so new. .

[Auriculaire in reply to BobD]

I was reading an article in Le Monde yesterday about this. The same phenomenon has been widely reported by French docs caring for Covid19 patients. They said giving anticoagulants was not making much difference but did not specify whether this was heparin type jabs or whether some of the patients had been previously anticoagulated. What they did say was that enormous quantities of clotting factors such as van Willibrand and factor VIII were being produced by the body.

[Dodie117 in reply to Auriculaire]

Thank you. Interesting.

[secondtry]

Thanks lallym & Auriculaire, looks like it could mean extra caution for me with Factor V Leiden Hetero