Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT): Dietary Considerations & PT/INR Explained

Question
My husband often has deep vein blood clots what foods should he avoid. Also when he gets a blood test they tell him what his PT and LNR is what is this and what is the ideal number of these? THANK YOU

Answer
There isn't a routine diet for people with blood clots.  The only thing you have to do, is that if you are eating a lot of green leafy vegetables, it can give you too much Vitamin K and will mess up the anticoagulation that coumadin provides.

PT/INR is a lab measurement of how "thin" your blood is, on Coumadin. The numbers chnge very slowly, so I typically make a change, wait 2-4 weeks for follow-up.  If it were really off, I might make a change and check sooner.  So ProTime is a measurement of the level of blood clot ability blocking.  The INR is a method (calculation) to try to standardize all the ProTimes done around the world, so they can be compared.  An adequate Protime INR would be 2 1/2 to 3 1/2.

Hope this helps...