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My wife has ra & recently her right hand swelled to a very large size. her heart rate was high at 144 beats. is a d dimer over 4000 very high?

Q: my wife has ra & recently her right hand swelled to a very large size. her heart rate was high at 144 beats. is a d dimer over 4000 very high?

Go to ER: D dimer of over 4000 &amp; heart rate of 144/min need to rule out blood clot. High rheumatoid factor can give a false positive D-dimer result.

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Go to ER: D dimer of over 4000 & heart rate of 144/min need to rule out blood clot. High rheumatoid factor can give a false positive D-dimer result.

Answered 6/19/2018

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A member asked:

My wife has ra & recently her right hand swelled to a very large size. her heart rate was high at 144 beats. is a d dimer over 4000 very high?

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