Blood clot prevention
Blood clots are responsible for a grim litany of health problems, including stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, and complications of cancer. [1]
Blood clots are clumps of blood that form in the blood vessels and can travel into the heart, lungs and brain. [2]
Blood clotting, or coagulation, is an important process that prevents excessive bleeding when a blood vessel is injured. [3]
Poor circulation is one of the most common causes of blood clots. [4]
Blood clots can cause conditions such as strokes, angina, arterial embolisms, deep vein thrombosis, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms and renal vein thrombosis. [2]
Venous thrombosis is the formation of a thrombus (blood clot) within a vein. [5]
The risk factors for developing a venous clot are different from those for an arterial clot, and people at risk for getting one are not necessarily at risk for getting the other. [...] Arteries, on the other hand, are muscular, high-pressure vessels that carry oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood from the heart to other parts of the body. [3]
Blood clots can form anywhere from superficial veins to major arteries to the heart and brain leading to heart attacks and strokes. [4]
… if a blood clot forms in the deep veins of the legs (called deep vein thrombosis), there is a significant risk the clot will break off and travel to the lungs. [1]
Instead of moving freely through your body, a blood clot causes muscles to push blood back to the heart inhibiting its movement and the entire circulatory system. [4]
Pulmonary embolism is the cause of death or is a major contributing factor to death in up to 12 percent of patients who die in the hospital (Anderson FA Jr et al 1991). [1]
Arterial thrombosis often occurs in arteries that supply the heart, resulting in a heart attack. [5]
An abnormal clot that forms in a vein may restrict the return of blood to the heart and can result in pain and swelling as the blood gathers behind the clot. [3]
Paget-Schroetter disease is the obstruction of an upper extremity vein (such as the axillary vein or subclavian vein) by a thrombus. [5]
Sources:
[1] Blood Clots - Thrombosis, Stroke, Cancer - Life Extension …
[2] Blood Clot Prevention | LIVESTRONG.COM
[3] Blood Clots
[4] Blood Clot Prevention
[5] Thrombosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia