Hughes Syndrome

Hughe's Syndrome is a condition by which you form sticky blood clots. Medically, this is called thromboses. Any one of your blood vessels can form these clots as well as veins. The veins are more thin, and is what transports your blood to and from your heart, and the arteries. It is the job of arteries then, to take your blood from the heart. Since some people have this tendency to clot forming deep vein thrombosis, it can cause strokes.

The symptoms of Hughe's Syndrome number quite a few. The clots that form in the leg areas are called deep vein thrombosis. As a result, your legs may be painful and very swollen. This situation may happen more times than once.

Pulmonary Embolus is from clot formations in the lung area. If the clot travels there, it will likely cause shortness of breath, coughing up some blood, and also pains in the chest. A lot of times, the clot from the leg will break off and travel to the lung area.

These clots can seriously block off blood supply from where blood needs to get through. As a result, a stroke or heart attack that is major could occur without warning, so it is a pretty scary thing.

Treatments for this syndrome are several things once caught on time. The objective is to thin out the blood with a blood thinner so that clots do not occur. A drug known as Warfarin, very common, is an anti-clotting drug. This drug is taken daily as your doctor prescribes it. You must be very careful, and take it exactly as directed. Blood testing will need to be done on a regular basis. The drug Warfarin is also only given for those people who have recurrent episodes of this problem.

If a woman is currently pregnant and having Hughe's Syndrome, treatment with Warfarin is much too risky and cannot be given during gestation. Treatment will have to be with aspirins and Heparin added if needed. If Heparin is really needed along with aspirin, it is given by injection only. Heparin is not quite as serious as Warfarin and blood testing is not needed to monitor it as much.

To minimize your risk of Hughe's Syndrome, quitting smoking is really vitally important. If you are obese, it is extremely important to lose the weight since clots can easily form in a heavy person. Keeping blood pressure and blood glucose normalized are also two preventive steps to take.