Was talking to DP last night about how charities where trying to promote the education of pregnant women to the risks of DVT which just seems to be ignired in all the pamples we get. I myself suffered from a DVT post partum.
P.E is the largest killer of pregnant women in the UK not ie. placenta previs, but i knew all about that. If DVT is spotted early ie below the knee the chances of it embolising is practically nil. Surely if all the literature we are provided with included the symtoms needless deaths, motherless children and widowers could be prevented .
However my DP thinks that it would be a waste of time as women would just start running to the doc every ime their leg hurt , preventing someone who really did need treatment for something more important from being seen. So this balanced against the preventable deaths means it is not worthwhile.
Is it just me or is that stupid and insulting
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Is DP mad?
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flic23 · 11/03/2005 11:58
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