Re: Blood "thickness" question


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William Hershman <bhershman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Dear very smart people on this group:

: Sometimes when I prick my finger to check bg level, the blood is very
: thin...like water. Other times it's thick, like oil or syrup.
I've
: noticed absolutely no relationship between thick or thin and bg
reading.
: (sometimes thin and high, sometimes thick and high; same for thick/low
&
: thin/low.) Just wondered if anyone else notices this and what it
means,
: if anything.
: Thanks for reading my post.
: Bill H

If I were you, I would make sure that I was drinking enough water. tht
woudl be the first thought. Other than that, no ideas.

Wendy

I am taking warfarin to thin my blood and I have to get it tested every
month.

Next month before I go to the lab I'll drink an extra glass or two of
water to see if that makes any significant difference in the thinness of
my blood.

Don

Some web sites on warfarin:

http://www.careinternet.net/caregiver/warfarin.php

http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/4/426

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10332534

http://www.allina.com/ac/hearthealth.nsf/page/hfwar

http://www.answers.com/topic/warfarin-injection



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