Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Deficiency - antithrombin III - congenital; Antithrombin III deficiency - congenital
Treatment
A blood clot is treated with blood thinning medications or anticoagulants. How long you need to take these medications depends on how serious the blood clot was and other factors. Discuss this with your health care provider.
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Expectations (prognosis)
Most patients have a good outcome if they stay on anticoagulant medications.
Complications
Blood clots can cause death, especially if they are in the lungs.
Calling your health care provider
See your health care provider if you have symptoms of this condition.
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Review Date: 03/02/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow
Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed
by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
