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Fibrinogen
Is a key element of the clotting cascade. It is the precursor to fibrin. The conversion is activated by thrombin.
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A 43-year old asked:
What is the effect of fibrinogen ?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is 478 mg/dl fibrinogen a high level?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: fibrinogen?
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A member asked:
My fibrinogen level is currently 143, should I be concerned?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My fibrinogen level is 5.4 cut of 4.7 is this dangerous my appt is also increased 45.2 cut of 36.5 really scared ?
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A 45-year old asked:
What effect does estrogen have on fibrinogen ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Does nattokinase really lower excess fibrinogen levels?
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A 30-year old female asked:
My fibrinogen is repeatedly 6 g/L. None of the other tests or inflammation markers are abnormal. what is most likely cause of stand alone high fibrinogen levels? what can I do to treat? thank you?
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A 43-year old asked:
Why do doctors order fibrinogen degredation product?
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A 38-year old asked:
Why does fibrinogen tend to be higher in tumor patients?
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A 37-year old asked:
Why doe the fibrinogen concentration increases in edema?
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A 39-year old asked:
Please answer! what does a low d-dimer by high fibrinogen mean?
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A 54-year old male asked:
Will taking Eliquis(Apixaban) effect your blood Fibrinogen levels? If so, raise or lower?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I'm 41y female my fibrinogen is 431mg/dl what does it mean? What supplements can I take to lower it?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Really scared gp not concerned my fibrinogen derived was 5.4 with cormal rage below 4.7 my aptr was 45.2 normal under 36.5 should i be scared plzzz?
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A 16-year old female asked:
If I have <0.5g of fibrinogen per L of blood, am I more likely to bleed to death from a 1cm deep cut? Could I bleed to death from a long shallow cut?
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A 39-year old asked:
Sn blood test results of 479 mg/dl fibrinogen a high level?
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A 43-year old asked:
Will a woman's fibrinogen increase during pregnancy and cause clotting problems?
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A 28-year old female asked:
My father (68)had ishaemic stroke 10 days ago . His fibrinogen now is 900 it must be 200-400). For how long will it be so high.?
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A 16-year old female asked:
My plasma fibrinogen is less than 0.5g/L which is really low. Mum has dysfibrinogenaemia but I'm wondering if low fibrinogen can be caused by cancer?
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A 33-year old asked:
Could colitis cause high fibrinogen and clumped platelets?
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A 30-year old asked:
Will heparin suppress the platelets and fibrinogen function?
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A 26-year old female asked:
If fibrinogen was 5.4. cut off 4.7 does this mean il get a blood clot?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Can a high fibrinogen count (800) be a sign of sarcoidosis taking into account that ACE is negative?been feverish for 6months now...
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A 54-year old male asked:
Parathyroid 77 H ( normal range 14-64), Fibrinogen 453 (normal range 175-425), what are the possible interpretations? how should one proceed?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Is a fibrinogen result of 11.2 nmol/l (reference values 5.3-10.3 nmol/l) worrisome for someone with heart disease?
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A 16-year old female asked:
Got a blood test and result came back saying fibrinogen: <0.5 does that mean I have Dysfibrinogenemia or is it dehydration? Mum has dysfibrinogenemia
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A 16-year old female asked:
Apparently have dysfibrinogenemea with very low blood fibrinogen. I have pain in my hamstring when I move, do I have a blood clot? I'm scared I'll die
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A 35-year old female asked:
I have been unable to lose weight even though I have increased my activity and eating healthier. I had labs with high hs-CRP, Fibrinogen, insulin. And a few other symptoms. What should I do next?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Is PT and PTT enough to test for hyper-clotting disorder? Is fibrinogen needed?
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