Thank you. I've been asking the pulmonologist about anticoagulants for months now. That's why he's finally ordering the test. I'm just not sure it's the right test for finding microclots in the capillaries. The comment you mentioned is interesting. I'd love to know more about the research on anticoagulant use for microclots in those of us with long covid. If it doesn't work I can finally stop bugging my doctor! Anyone?

That person would be correct if they were talking about just taking one anticoagulant alone. The LC patients that have been fortunate enough to be able to get the testing done for proof, which is a blood test, however, it has to be sent to labs that have the equipment to be able to detect them along with hyperactivated platelets through special equipment and microscopes that most labs do not have... at least here in the US. These patients are on dual and triple therapies to tackle these things. Dual which would consist of an anticogulant AND an antiplatelet. Then, there are some that are on multiple types of anticoagulants with an antiplatelet. The good news is that it seems to clear them up for the most part, but bad news seems to be that whenever treatment is stopped, they come right back. I believe the research is mainly in South Africa and Germany at the moment. However, I have been hearing from LC patients in the US that very few doctors are actually getting it done for their patients somehow. Wishing everyone good luck and hope that the testing becomes widely available to all that needs it, eventually and sooner rather than later because even patients that are on only one anticoagulant that may be dealing with microclots are still at a higher risk for strokes and heart attacks. Remember, anticoagulants greatly reduces chances of more clots (ones that we can see on CT and ultrasound), but it doesn't take away the risk completely and those with mircroclots are at a higher risk even on only one anticoagulant alone.