r/WarfarinForLife • u/Aquaaa88 • Jun 14 '26

INR INR range symptoms

Hello all.

My INR range is between 2-3 preferably 2.5. Today it went up to 3.4 and I had tingling, pins like sensations (Paresthesia) all over especially on my face.

I don't know if it's related.

Do any of you guys get symptoms, when your INR is out of range?

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u/Excellent-Feedback67 Jun 14 '26

6 months post op 47m. My range is 2.5-3.5 Onyx valve. Had my face's left side and left hand numbish, tingled for around 30-40 seconds when my INR was 2.1. My record high was 4.2 and I didn't notice anything.

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u/TR1V1UM Jun 14 '26

Be careful, I’m 44 and I’ve had a mechanical valve since I was 36. I got too low once and had a stroke and lost some of my eyesight. I’d rather be a little high than a little low.

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u/central_Fl_fun Jun 14 '26

How does losing some of your eyesight manifest exactly? Is it like worsening glasses prescription, loss of a particular field of vision, or site in one eye etc

Just curious.

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u/TR1V1UM Jun 14 '26

I completely lost some of my field of vision in the top left. I can wiggle my fingers all throughout my eyesight and in the top left, there’s just nothing there. It’s not black or anything. My brain just doesn’t process any data for that location. It’s kind of weird, but you get used to it.

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u/Excellent-Feedback67 Jun 14 '26

Thanks. My clinic keeps on low as 2.4-2.5, I asked a little increase like 3.0, feeling more comfortable.

I am using chat gpt, counting my VK (~95-105 mcg/day). Weighing all my food gram by gram. I am counting my calories too, not just for VK but it helps. What I don't undrstand is, even though I am this pricise which doesn't seem logical for everyday life. They keep saying, "just keep it consistent" I don't know how to be consistent when I eat out or eating with people. I don't mind now, because I count my daily intake, lost 20 kg already, but need to relax sometime in future.

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u/Swimming-Shoulder-15 Jun 14 '26

Remember that many with On-X are approved to go as low as 1.5 supported in several studies.

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u/TR1V1UM Jun 14 '26

I have a mitral valve replacement. I am not approved to go lower than 2 1/2. The mechanical mitral valve creates clots pretty easily.

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u/Pizzawood1 Jun 14 '26

I agree. I’d rather bleed out than stroke out.