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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: sullidog on January 19, 2011, 08:16:01 PM

Title: declotting and TPA
Post by: sullidog on January 19, 2011, 08:16:01 PM

Hi all,
Yesterday I had to have my graft declotted, It's weird, when they do a regular fistula gram I'm fine, but when they do a declot I get short of breath for only a minute, but I have bad indegestion for the rest of the day. This happens during every declot, I don't think it's the heperin, but I think it's from the TPA that they use to desolve the clot. I've told them about it but they are still using it, anyone else ever had this issue?
Troy

Title: Re: declotting and TPA
Post by: KICKSTART on January 20, 2011, 02:47:02 PM

I dont really think they would stop using it because you get indigestion and i wouldnt think it was heparin as we are on some form of heparin every dialysis session and no one mentions indigestion from it.