33 YR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 3B CERVICAL CANCER SHE HAS GONE THRU RADIATION AND 2 ROUNDS OF CHEMO THE FIRST IN JULY 2010 WHICH WAS CISPLATIN AND THIS YR IT WAS 2 CARBOPLATIN & TAXOL. SHE DEVELOPED A BLOOD CLOT IN HER LEG ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THEY PUT HER ON COUMADIN AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE HAS TO STAY ON COUMADIN FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE, DOES SHE?
Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor, Blood clot formation in the extremities can be due to acquired causes or inherited causes. Inherited causes include mutation is genes which controls the normal coagulation pathway. Inherited causes include abnormality of the vessel wall or Chat Doctor. Blood coagulation disorders are monitored by a test called PT/INR. Thus, anticoagulation therapy (Coumadin) in your case has to be monitored by PT/INR and depending on this test, the