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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis => Topic started by: Quickfeet on May 15, 2010, 02:32:00 PM
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My tube has a white substance in it. it kind of looks like little clouds in the tube. I haven't started D yet. And the last day it was flushed was monday. Is this normal or should I make a phone call?
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Normal for me before I started using the tube. Just a little fibrin.....no biggie.
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2 weeks after I had the cath place, I started my PD training. During my first fill & drain, I had fibrin. My PD nurse used Heprin in my solution. What you are seeing is pretty common. When will you start PD?
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Thank you. I didn't think it was a big deal, but it never hurts to ask. I think i was going to start next week, but because they had to reposition the tube; the nurse isn't sure when I will start. It hurts bad when they flush me but I still can't wait to start.
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Yep - completely normal. I had it a little in the beginning but haven't had it since I started cycling regularly.
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I just noticed the same thing in mine - I was going to ask, but figured it was fibrin. I have that occasionally in the drain bag. Makes it look like egg drop soup.
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Sounds like fibrin. I used to get that alot when I did PD. I would use heparin 2 nights in a row at the first sign of fibrin. But I usually only went 2 nights without using it and then there would be fibrin again. I was told some people never have fibrin and some people have a lot of it. (like me I guess). The only problem with the fibrin is it can plug up your lines and you won't drain good.
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My nurse just called. She agrees that it is fibrin. I'm getting flushed tommorrow (assuming everything goes well).