Cholesterol itself isn't bad. We all have and need this wax-like substance in our bodies. Learn about the so-called good and bad cholesterol, where it comes from, and why it's important for your health. High cholesterol is one of the major risk factors leading to heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
You could recieve vitamin K, which can help decrese your protime. I would need more information from you to help further. if your protime was high but INR is normal that is the number they should base decisions of care on. protime can vary a lot by method and type of reagent used to perform the test.
The prothrombin time (PT) â along with its derived measures of prothrombin ratio (PR) and international normalized ratio (INR) â are assays evaluating the extrinsic pathway of coagulation.This test is also called ProTime INR and PT/INR.They are used to determine the clotting tendency of blood, in the measure of warfarin dosage, liver damage, and vitamin K status. PT measures factors I (fibrinogen) , II (prothrombin) , V, VII, and X.he normal range for a healthy person not using warfarin is 0.8â1.2, and for people on warfarin therapy an INR of 2.0â3.0 is usually targeted, although the target INR may be higher in particular situations, such as for those with a mechanical heart valve.