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Re: 32 weeks and just started lovenox injections (scared I am doing this wrong)

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:16:53 -0500 (CDT)

At Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. wrote: >
>At Thu, 19 Jun 2003, elizabeth wrote:
>>
>>I am 32 weeks along and just diagnosed with blood clotting problem
>>(lupus anticoagulant and itp) and have been put on 30 lovenox once a
>>day. My nurse said I could give these shots in the fatty part of my
>>thigh... but everything I read says it must be in the abdomen.? My
>>belly and sides are so tight that I can't seem to pinch up enough skin
>>to give it there. Is it effective if I give it in my thigh or am I
>>messing this up?
>
>It is OK.But is better in the abdomen because sometimes it may produce small hematomas, have somebody teach you .
>
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>Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
>Director Obgyn.net Latina
>Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
>Buenos Aires
>Argentina
>Note: opinions expressed here are for educational purposes
> only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient
> relationship. This information is not intended to supplant
> the need for you to consult with your physician prior to
> choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions.
>
> **Private emails cannot be entertained due to time
> constraints; consequently, they will receive no response.
>

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Director Obgyn.net Latina
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Note:  opinions expressed here are for educational purposes
       only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient
       relationship.  This information is not intended to supplant
       the need for you to consult with your physician prior to
       choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions.


       **Private emails cannot be entertained due to time
       constraints; consequently, they will receive no response.



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