Passing large blood clots from prostate. Any ideas on how to stop this?
Passing large blood clots from prostate. Any ideas on how to stop this?
I've been doing Internet research for over a year now & have found few individuals with symptoms similar to mine & no solutions. I had successful "Green-Light" laser surgery for BPH 5 years ago for a 110 gram prostate. About a year & a half later I began intermittently passing small amounts of blood in my urine, always after heavy lifting or intense physical workouts. Gradually the amount of blood increased & the amount of stress required to start a bleeding episode decreased. I am now to the point that it starts & stops spontaneously every few days. For the past year or more, I've been passing blood & multiple blood clots, occasionally the size of my thumb. I've had my blood count done twice in the past year after bleeding episodes that lasted more than 2 weeks but in each case my blood cell count was at the low end of normal, (i.e. ~15). There's never any pain involved & I've had no other symptoms of BPH since the surgery. I've had 2 prostate biopsies done in the last 2 years with no sign of malignancy but all cores came back marked "chronically inflamed" with no pathogens present. My question is: Has anyone out there had, or do you know of someone else who has had, a similar issue. If so, do you know of any way to successfully resolve his problem? My doctor's only recommendation is TURP surgery but I reject this solution as disingenuous. The side effects of the surgery can be significantly more horrendous than my condition. Also, sites such as the Mayo Clinic & Duke University Hospital suggest that this approach is rarely successful. Any information you can share would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx, JackFlash
I passed large clots in my urine two weeks following green light laser surgery for enlarged prostate. However, mine followed blood "thining" (anti-coagulation) drugs prescribed to deal with an embolism that developed 10 days post surgery. Human blood clotting/dissolving chemistry is very complex, with many different substanced at work. I have an excess of one of these, "Lupus anticoagulant" (not related to the disease Lupus). As a result, my blood has an excessive tendency to clot, and the bleeding, with subsequent clotting following the prostate surgery triggered the embolism.
I am not sure if I then developed the larege clots in my urine because of poor anti-coagulent management (Coumadin, Heperin) or if it was just an unavoidable complication. In any event, soon my clots became difficult to pass, then impossible to pass. I went to the emergency room and my urethral blockage was opened using an irrigation catheter (very painful).
My suggestion to you is that if you have not yet seen a hemotologist, that you do so as soon as possible. Your blood chemistry my be biased towards the clotting side (as mine is). An embolism is possible, which is potenetially life-threatening.
I am now four and a half months post procedure, and my prostate symptoms have improved but have not disappeared. I seldom urinate more than 5 oz., however my urologist tells me that it could take several more months to experience greater benefits. Fortunately no problems with ejaculation or continence.
Good luck with your clotting problem.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 04:56 PM
Sorry i don't have an answer but my husband shares your same questions. He has been to the doctors since he was a boy in high school. Now they say it is due to his stress and drinking as a grown man . He told me this morning that his bleeding has slowed down and wonders if it has anything to do with strees and drinking. Since he has had little of both lately. We had gone back to the doctors last year because the clots were getting pretty big. The size of a quarter or sometimes larger. We have noticed it happens more than usual after sex, that he bleeds a lot and passes clots. Dose scare us because there is so much. So the doctor's are relating it to Strees and Alchole????? Wish i had an answer for all of us. Still looking myself.....
concerned wife: michelle
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Hi Jerry. Thanks for your input but I don't have any special clotting problems. In the past, when I was trying to pass what felt like a large blood clot, I would take a Flomax capsule & start drinking large quantities of water. For whatever reason, this always worked within 1/2 an hour. I would also do deep breathing to relax while waiting. Passing a blood clot the size of my thumb (not an exaggeration) was not actually painful but rather shocking. You wonder when you see a clot that size how it could possibly pass thru your urethra.
On another note, and this may be helpful to you and to others with problems passing urine or blood clots before or after BPH surgery. After 2-1/2 years with this bleeding problem, it suddenly stopped about 3 months ago. It stopped 4 days after I started taking a supplement called SagaPro made by Saga Medica, an Icelandic company. I can't say for certain that this is what stopped the bleeding but if not, it certainly was a extraordinary coincidence. Also, my PSA had been increasing for the past 10 years. Six months ago it was 27. Three days ago I had my semi-annual check-up & my PSA was 3.8! The email address for Saga Medica is www.sagamedica.com. You might give it a try. maybe it will work for you as well.