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[E.T.]

What would be the symptoms of blood that is becoming too thin? Can it be the reason all my joints are starting to hurt at age 32?

Thanks.

[FunkOdyssey]

Supplements CAN make your blood coagulation-unfriendly enough that it becomes dangerous for surgery. You want to discontinue things like fish oil, asprin, high dose vitamin E, etc at least a couple weeks beforehand.

However that is almost certainly not the reason why your joints hurt. Joint pain is usually inflammation of some kind.

[VictorBjoerk]

Among most common reason to why people have too thin blood is a high consumption of liquorice

[niner]

Funk is right. This almost surely has nothing to do with blood thinning. You very likely have an inflammatory condition that you need to get to the bottom of. You should see a doctor and get tested for Lyme disease, if you live in an area where it occurs. Have you had an infection, like a "stomach flu" recently? That could suggest a reactive arthritis, which would probably be cleared by a broad spectrum antibiotic. See the doc.

[E.T.]

Funk is right. This almost surely has nothing to do with blood thinning. You very likely have an inflammatory condition that you need to get to the bottom of. You should see a doctor and get tested for Lyme disease, if you live in an area where it occurs. Have you had an infection, like a "stomach flu" recently? That could suggest a reactive arthritis, which would probably be cleared by a broad spectrum antibiotic. See the doc.

I have not had any infections to my knowledge. I just wiki-ed "lime disease" and did not have any noticeable symptoms, so I don't know how a physician will be able to find anything out since I could not, unless he uses some type of blood or urine test or something similar.

[ time has elapsed ]

Googling for data has revealed to me that blood tests are used to find certain anti-bodies in the blood that the body produces when Lyme disease is present. Also, some type of DNA test can test for Lyme DNA in the body, indicating the bacteria is present.

Now, the monumental task of finding a competent physician . . .

[E.T.]

I live in central California: I don't know the Lyme Disease status here.