Daily Mail - 'Vulnerable Blood'

Those of you that may have read my post - "Neuropathy and painkillers" of 17th Feb - will have seen that I expoused the theory that a sharp knock or trauma can cause blood clots to us diabetics. Not believing in co-incidence, I was certain that this had caused my condition and published this with a view to warn of this danger. I HAD NO PROOF THAT MY THEORY HELD WATER!! However, without any prior knowledge of my statement, a friend has just emailed me with the content of Tuesday's Daily Mail Health section headed 'Vulnerable blood' which states that it appears that diabetics' blood appears to clot more readily than those unaffected with the illness. It proposes the usual care warnings, e.g., maintaining good blood pressure and blood sugar levels, etc., to try to avoid this propensity. I have no further info at this stage but am trying to find the author of this co-incidental conclusion and will return. If others of you have heard or know about this subject I would be pleased to hear from you.

Dear All, I did not propose that Diabetes causes our blood to clot but that we Diabetics have blood which has a propensity to clot more than the rest of society. This subtle difference is important! Which comes first 'chicken or egg'? It may be of help to understand the connection which should perhaps be examinded more closely. I welcome the contributions from Catherine and Phoenix, especially Catherine who appears to be a fount of all medical help and advice (she is at least for me lately), both of whom have 'beaten me to the draw'. I went back to my informant for more info on the DM article and was told that Dr. Martin had attended an annual refresher course run by the Royal College of Physicians and that the lecturer was a cardiologist. Now this is very interesting in that many people have serious problems after operations due to thrombosis - I wonder whether, in the cardiologist's experience, that his unfortunate diabetic patients may feature disproportionately in this respect. Again, please remember, I found this possible co-incidence by chance in my own case as a result of an accident last July. My specialist is unaware of any connection we are discussing - I will be seeing him on the 27th and ask him to check his S/E Asian colleagues because China and Indonesia lead the world in Diabetes being numbers one and two respectively with the highest diabetics per capita so I would have thought that they should know something. I have been a Diabetic for a long time and have never seen or heard anything about 'vulnerable blood' before. Meanwhile, I will look up the links so kindly submitted.

Just seen the DM article - wish I hadn't really cos I still have one (from the original three) large clot behind the knee which stubbornly refuses to 'melt' judging by the leg, ankle and foot swelling which still persists. The article says, "It's a tough sort of clot that doesn't clear - making it extra lethal"