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I have high d-dimer results with no blood clot, what could be wrong?
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See below: A positive d-dimer test may be due to many reasons , e.g., female sex; increasing age; black (vs. White) race; Cocaine use; general, limb, or neurologic immobility; hemoptysis; hemodialysis; active malignancy; rheumatoid arthritis; lupus; sickle cell disease; pregnancy and postpartum state; and abdominal, chest, orthopedic, or other surgery etc. And for unknown reasons.
Answered 12/14/2020
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Any number of things: A high d-dimer just means that the body's clotting system has been activated. Of course, clots can do it, but a great many other things - like infections, trauma, cancer, etc - can cause an elevated d-dimer. It is a very unspecific test. It is very hard to tell what could be wrong with simply an elevated d-dimer. It should be interpreted with other tests and evaluations.
Answered 12/15/2020
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