Are bed-bound ME/CFS patients typically prescribed blood thinners?

[Jaybee00]

Do non-ambulatory bed-bound patients typically need to take blood thinners prophylactically to prevent blood clots?

This is a general question. I know if you are in the hospital and bed-bound they give you blood thinners. I would think the same the same caveats apply to BB ME/CFS patients?

 

[Peter T]

When I was primarily bedbound, several years ago, I had one or possibly more presumed TIAs and was then prescribed aspirin, but have subsequently been moved onto a different blood thinner. Though being bedbound may have been a factor contributing to the presumed TIA, it was not the direct medical rationale for the prescription.

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

It is a reasonable question but thee are lots of situations where people are immobile for long periods with chronic disease and anticoagulants are not routinely used. I guess that the risks of anticoagulation are proportional to the length of time used so risk benefit reduces in these situations. In hospital people often have other reasons to clot - like surgeries or infections.