Patient Experience Sheds Light on Complexities of Antithrombotic Care in APS – APS Foundation of America
APS Foundation of America shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Malpas woman fears treatment after Cheshire hospital ordeal.
A woman from Malpas has said her health has been severely damaged after she was treated with excessive amounts of blood thinners following a heart attack.
Claire Howell was rushed to Leighton Hospital near Crewe on March 22, where she received treatment for a heart attack.
Ms Howell, who suffers from antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) – a condition which causes the blood to be thicker and more prone to clotting, was placed on a range of blood-thinning medication.
This included clopidogrel, aspirin, and injections of tinzaparin – Ms Howell says that the volume of medication was excessive and adds that on one occasion a nurse attempted ‘to give me the same medication twice’.
‘I was being given three lots of blood thinners every day,’ Claire said.
‘I couldn’t eat a thing while in hospital, and I was losing weight at a rapid pace.’
The blood thinners meant that Claire was experiencing consistent nausea, her vomit contained large amounts of blood, so much so Claire said it was ‘black’, together with light-headedness and blood in her stool.
Claire’s symptoms were consistent with gastrointestinal bleeding, and this severely affected her ability to digest food and maintain her weight.
Ms. Howell said she had weighed around 56 kilogram when she was admitted and had lost more than 15 kilogram.
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