My sisister has contacted me to day to see if I knew anything about skin necrosis (she has a the same condition as I do thrombophillia, prothombin gene mutation and is on permanantwarfarin) she has large black patches on her legs which the dermatologist told her in a dismissive manner that it was skin necrosis. No advise or reason given for this condition. Does anyone know if this is related to the blood condition or the treatment?
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Hard to say because warfarin in rare cases can cause skin necrosis that can be pretty serious, and also can be caused by the condition. I think she should demand more answers as if it is the warfarin then I would question if there is an alternative treatment for her.
I fished around and found this. I find if one is not listened to by say a GP practice/consultant a new set of eyes at the nearest walk in sometimes does the trick. This article is only intended as a guide for you: Please let us know how you get on: dermnetnz.org/reactions/war...
If you go into Tags -3rd section you can see necrosis.There were 9 excellent comments from the question I asked re necrosis. I'm afraid I've had no answer from local GP when I had the calf /severe pain/bruising after airflight 4 months ago. Dopple test for 'supected DVT' was negative- but said perhaps' fat necrosis'. Perhaps a new GP might help me- as still bruising. and more problems. Hope you get some answers
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