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Thrombophilia
Is a condition where the blood has an increased tendency to form clots. Blood clots can cause problems such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism. There are different types of thrombophilia - some are inherited and some are acquired, meaning they usually develop in adult life.
Symptoms:
- Pain, swelling and tenderness in one of your legs (usually your calf)
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Blood group + RhD
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Blood clotting test:
- Prothrombin ratio (PR) / International normalized ratio (INR)
- Fibrinogen
- Thrombin time
- aPTT
- Antithrombin III (AT-III)
- D-dimer
- Lupus anti-coagulant
- Protein C
- Protein S, free
- Coagulogram