Scar tissue after a clot

I am sorry that your daughter has gone through this. How is your daughter now? Did she get any inprovement?

If you want input from users, go to the fvleiden web site and join their community forum. "Seattle Karen" is quite knowledgeable about Nattokinase. There are several people there who use it safely. They have said that you have to take the pills not the food source. The food will affect INR, but not the pills. Unfortunately, there is no money backing vitamin or nutritional cures, so no big studies are done & most docs are skeptics. Drug companies crank out things like Vioxx, but no one can make a multi-million dollar profit from vitamins. There is other work you might find of interest. An intervention radiologist and researcher at Dotter Institute in Portland is working on vein valve replacements. We can only hope for the future. Check out the link below. Suci http://www.ohsu.edu/dotter/drpavcnik.htm

Hi, I am so sorry that your daughter is going through this problem. Sometimes some scarring does get better w time. That is--more of the residual clot can be dissolved by the body's natural defenses. Some folks take supplements to help the immune system, but you have to be careful with coumadin interactions. Unfortunately, for now, medical science does not have anything to help us. If your daughter can exercise, that is one of the best things for her leg. Also, she should be wearing compression stockings to help keep the blood from pooling. FYI--some folks on a board I used to be on use something called Nattokinase. I cannot endorse it & I don't take it, but I will give you a link. If you want more info, you can sign on to the Factor V Leiden group at www.factorvleiden.org. Several people there use it. My best to you. Suci http://www.fvleiden.org/ask/70.html