Ultimately, this arrhythmia can cause heart failure or dangerous blood clots. |
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A new study in The Annals of Internal Medicine warns pregnant and post-partum women of an increased risk of blood clots. |
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In the recent past, she had experienced heavy menses with passage of clots, and she had occasionally required transfusion. |
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More serious risks include life-threatening blood clots, stroke, and heart attack. |
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She had to undergo an emergency craniotomy to remove blood clots in her brain. |
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By preventing the formation of blood clots it can reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks. |
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Also, the blood, lacking fluid, becomes thick, causing clots in the veins and jugulars. |
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It is caused when blood clots form in deep veins in the legs, moving to block the blood vessels of vital organs. |
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Within these expanded veins, blood is allowed to stagnate and coagulate, forming clots on the vessel walls. |
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They recommended all hospital set up specific teams to deal with the dangers of blood clots. |
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Milking staff should look for clots, strings, wateriness or discolouration of milk. |
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Anticoagulant drugs help prevent the formation of harmful clots in blood vessels by decreasing the blood's ability to clump together. |
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Within the fibrinolytic system, plasmin is generated from plasminogen by tissue plasminogen activator, which upon activation lyses fibrin clots. |
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Plasminogen activators attached to fibrin activate plasminogen, causing the release of the enzyme plasmin within clots and thrombi. |
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When a blood vessel is damaged or cut, platelets clump together and plug up the hole until the blood clots. |
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Other important causes of shortness of breath are asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, and clots to the lung. |
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Blood clots can be deadly, leading to strokes, for example, or blocking the lungs' supply of blood from the heart. |
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Straws of pale hair stick out in odd directions and clots of old blood are trapped in the straggles of beard around his mouth. |
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His circulatory system began to malfunction, parts of body began to haemorrhage, and clots formed in his feet and hands. |
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The infected cells stick together, forming clots in the fine blood vessels of the brain. |
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Exercise helps to regulate blood pressure and improve circulation, reducing the risk of blood clots. |
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They are testing a protein derived from hookworms that could be used to prevent blood clots in stroke victims. |
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Degradation of fibrin clots is the function of plasmin, a serine protease that circulates as the inactive proenzyme, plasminogen. |
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Both aspirin and warfarin reduce the risk of blood clots that can cause stroke. |
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Fibrin cross-linking increases its strength and resistance to plasmic degradation, contributing to the stability of fibrin clots. |
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It clots very easily when the body's repeatedly exposed to cold temperatures. |
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Signs of high-risk bleeding include active arterial bleeding, nonbleeding visible vessels, nonbleeding adherent clots, and ulcer oozing. |
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But when nature's protective mechanism overcompensates and precautions aren't taken, there is a danger of blood clots. |
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And then the astounding discovery was made that a bacterial enzyme, streptokinase, could dissolve human clots. |
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She denied hemoptysis, fever, trauma, or history of blood clots in her or her family. |
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The nurse suctions the patient's mouth frequently, at which time he or she inspects the mouth for active bleeding, clots, or hematomas. |
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I was immediately injected with an IV blood thinner and placed on a continuous IV infusion to prevent more clots from forming. |
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But a new gadget, called the MERCI Retriever, is being used to unplug arteries by removing clots like a corkscrew pulling a cork from a bottle. |
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A violent gale shot upwards, lifting clots of mud into the air, stirring his clothing and hair. |
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The special coating helps improve the blood flow and prevents blockages or blood clots, which can lead to potentially dangerous infections. |
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Six patients had clots leading to strokes or transient ischemic attacks after the procedure. |
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A midline incision is used, and the first step is to remove blood and clots and control active bleeding from liver lacerations by packing. |
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Although overall it was linear and limber, in places it congealed into colorful clots. |
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Thrombin forms clots and thrombi by removal of fibrinopeptides A and B from fibrinogen to form fibrin. |
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Aspirin has been used to treat heart disease because it thins blood and prevents clots. |
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The older and more congested arteries get, the more subject they are to blood clots, the body's version of traffic jams. |
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If the overstimulation is severe, blood clots, kidney damage and twisting of the ovaries may occur, and monitoring in hospital will be required. |
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Your doctor will likely prescribe medications to prevent blood clots, relax your arteries and protect against coronary spasms. |
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Additionally, low molecular weight heparin was used in only about 56 percent of patients with blood clots in the legs or phlebitis, an inflammation of the vessels in the legs. |
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The cryptogenic subgroup appeared to fare better with warfarin, but investigators believe some of these patients have a tendency to form blood clots in the heart. |
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Leg clots with pulmonary emboli and bed sores must be prevented. |
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Blood clots, or thrombi, trigger most heart attacks and strokes. |
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Rapidly expanding erythrocytic volume increases blood viscosity and, especially in endurance races, might predispose the athlete to blood clots or other complications. |
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Additionally, you should try to walk as much as comfort allows in order to regain strength and prevent blood clots, but take it slowly. |
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Plaques build blood clots that can block the flow of blood or break it off and go to another part of the body. |
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No unblended residues, clots or leftovers when transferring the stock to storage. |
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She stood in the yard and looked up at an eave, where black insects hovered around clots of dried mud. |
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Heartsick relatives said Zakiya had recently complained of leg pains, a common symptom of blood clots. |
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Irrigate and aspirate the void to remove blood clots or other organised tissue and loose bone debris to allow an optimal fill. |
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Hirudin also limits the ability of platelets to stick together and initiate clots. |
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They would thus stick like limpet mines to clots, before being burst by an ultrasonic beam to wash the clots away. |
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Why drink should protect against dementia may have to do with the fact that alcohol inhibits the development of blood clots. |
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The dose of aspirin to prevent blood clots is a lot lower than the dose used for pain relief. |
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A special miniature stapler is inserted and used to remove the left atrial appendage to reduce the risk of future blood clots and stroke. |
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Before salting it is washed out in clean cooled water to remove clots of blood, squashed eggs and film pieces. |
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They can assemble strings of jargon and generate clots of ventriloquistic syntax. |
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The TF:FVIIa combination then directly clots blood, bypassing the use of the hemophilic factors. |
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Thrombolytics: medicines given by injection to break down blood clots in the coronary arteries. |
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Plasmin represents a new class of direct-acting thrombolytics that may provide the first localized, non-systemic treatment of blood clots. |
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Blood clots can form in the arteries because of the slower blood flow, and are known as thromboses. |
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As agents that cause the lysis of fibrin clots, they are known collectively as fibrinolytic agents. |
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The fibrinolytic system that exists in the human body is also involved in the lysis, or dissolution, of clots as wounds heal. |
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An anticoagulant is something that stops the blood from coagulating and thus prevents blood clots from forming in the blood vessels. |
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The enzymes u-PA and t-PA are responsible for the activation of plasminogen to plasmin, which breaks down blood clots in the vasculature. |
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They act by stopping the activity of an enzyme, called plasmin, which dissolves blood clots. |
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An uncommon blood disease called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria can cause blood clots in the liver, the spleen or beneath the skin. |
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For example, doctors use hirudin, a substance discovered in the saliva of leeches, to dissolve dangerous blood clots. |
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Fibrinolysis: The process by which blood clots are dissolved and removed from the circulation. |
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Administering t-PA intravenously can dissolve or lyse those blood clots, restoring blood flow to the brain. |
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These blood clots can in turn provoke pulmonary embolism, a sudden obstruction of pulmonary arteries. |
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When these clots are removed from the pulmonary arteries, the heart and the lungs work together better. |
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Atherosclerotic plaque may also become damaged or cracked, break up and release from the inner artery walls and form blood clots. |
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The action of these bubbles forces clots or flocs of particles to the water surface where they can be skimmed off. |
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They slow down production of cholesterol and blood clots, make blood vessels and supportive tissue stronger, and reduce hemorrhoids and varicose veins. |
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Both of these conditions are characterized by formation of occlusive blood clots. |
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The sources of emboli include blood clots from the chambers of the diseased or abnormally functioning heart. |
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Streptokinase, urokinase, and tissue plasminogen activator are enzymes that are used therapeutically to dissolve clots. |
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Special compression stockings or other devices may be used to help prevent blood clots. |
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Generic Coumadin is used for treating or preventing blood clots that may occur in the veins and lungs. |
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If you are a smoker, using the pill will increase your risk of serious blood clots, heart attack and stroke. |
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In a healthy person, the body is able to protect itself from excessive bleeding, by allowing a part of the blood called plasma to stick together and form clots. |
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Blood clots can now be diagnosed within 3 hours by non invasive testing. |
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Due to its anticoagulant action, it helps to prevent internal blood clots that could cause a heart attack. |
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Diagnosis: pulmonary embolism, an often-fatal condition in which blood clots enter the lungs and block arteries. |
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A hematoma is when a head injury causes bleeding in the brain and the blood collects and clots. |
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He cuts a lonely and gently rumpled figure among clots of easily gossiping mothers in their Pilates gear. |
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It slots precisely into the VMS filter unit to efficiently filter out clots, flecks and dirt. |
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Heparin inhibits the clotting of blood and the formation of fibrin clots both in vitro and in vivo. |
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The most prevalent complication of atrial fibrillation results from the formation of blood clots in the wall of the fibrillating left atrium. |
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The urine of animals with clots in their lungs turned orange when tested, as it was supposed to do. |
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Gently blow nose once to remove large clots that may interfere with applying pressure. |
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Amongst other things he knows how to prevent blood clots from forming by, for example, prescribing medicines that thin the patient's blood. |
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Elderly patients who die post-operatively usually have pre-existing lung trouble, pneumonia, heart attack, heart failure or lungs damaged by wandering clots. |
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Blood thinners, or anticoagulants, such as heparin, will not dissolve clots already formed, but will keep them from growing and prevent new ones from forming. |
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The Omega 3 fatty acids found in oily fish such as mackerel, herring, sardines, tuna and salmon will also thin the blood and help prevent blood clots. |
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Mechanical valves are made with a combination of metals and sophisticated materials to ensure durability and a smooth surface to avoid blood clots, thrombi, forming. |
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He sprays a huge water gun at dead pigs, to dissolve their blood clots. |
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Depression alters the propensity of the blood to form clots. |
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This drug has been proven to help keep platelets in the blood from sticking together and forming clots, which can help protect against a future heart attack or stroke. |
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Other problems include irregularities of the heart beat, heart muscle destruction and blood clots and clumps of bacteria that go from the heart to the brain and other organs. |
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Smoking increases blood coagulability which can lead to the formation of blood clots. |
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Anticoagulant medication cleared up the clots, and the crisis passed. |
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Pulmonary embolisms occur when these blood clots travel toward the heart and block blood flow in the lungs. |
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Many experiments show that hirudin acts by inhibiting the blood protein thrombin. Thrombin is responsible for converting fibrinogen into fibrin blood clots. |
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She diagnosed thrombophlebitis, inflammation from blood clots. |
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Babies come swooshing into the world on floods of blood, young men in foreign fields and old men in their beds at home leave the world on wine-dark clots and rubycolored gurgles. |
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About 18 months to three years after having received a drug-eluting stent, however, some patients developed blood clots, which increased the risk of heart attack and death. |
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Women who use birth control pills have a higher incidence of blood clots. |
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The supply of blood to parts of the brain may be obstructed when blood clots form, causing brain cells to die off with loss of their normal functions. |
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The first obstacle is what is known as the hyperacute rejection of the transplanted organ, in which clots form that block off the blood supply to the transplanted organ. |
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The latter, recognising that large clots within the pulmonary circulation may be rapidly fatal, attempted the first pulmonary embolectomies. |
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For that reason, doctors generally perform an electrical cardioversion only within the first 48 hours or delay it until a patient takes a drug like Coumadin for several weeks to help prevent the formation of blood clots. |
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Answer: an American professor, John Folts, cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin, says that dark beer is better than lager-type beer in counteracting the formation of blood clots. |
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Before the day ended, I had been diagnosed with blood clots in my lungs and told that the likely cause of the clots was cancer somewhere in my body. |
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The blue colour also provides an extra milk quality check against mastitis because clots or flecks in the milk are more easily seen against a blue background. |
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When your feet are too sore to walk, you lose strength and become at greater risk for falls. Walking is the perfect exercise to keep your weight down, prevent blood clots and keep your bones and muscles strong. |
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The white of an egg with spirit of wine, doth bake the egg into clots, as if it began to poach. |
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The lack of legroom on international flights can be a health hazard as blood clots can form from not being able to move around. |
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The company also announced a partnership with Pfizer to develop and market the experimental product apixaban, also for blood clots. |
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Your body's own defense system will break up existing clots. |
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For patients with non-valvular a-fib, the LAA is believed to be the source of the majority of stroke-causing blood clots. |
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Men are such clots, dates don't mean much to them, and if he does start counting, you can always bribe the doctor to tell him it's a prem. |
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Combined hormonal contraceptives are associated with a slightly increased risk of venous and arterial blood clots. |
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A brush can also be useful in getting rid of cowlicks, burs, mud clots, dried blood and such. |
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However, the physician may prescribe a prophylactic therapy against vein thrombosis or lung embolisms depending on the individual risk of developing blood clots. |
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Alcohol makes its mark on the clotting mechanism in the sense that it reduces the concentration of fibrinogens, a substance involved in the formation of blood clots. |
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Without marketing to keep the flow of these exchanges alive, clots would soon occur in the system, with damaging if not fatal effects on the body politic. |
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Atryn aims to prevent excessive blood clots in patients with a disorder known as hereditary antithrombin deficiency. |
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Used in the treatment of thrombophlebitis, phlebothrombosis, and cerebral, coronary, and retinal vessel thrombosis to prevent extension of clots and thromboembolic phenomena. |
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Beer leaves its impression on the coagulation mechanism in the sense that the blood platelet aggregation is reduced and the fibrinolysis increases, which reduces the formation of clots. |
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Intra-operatively, I assisted the surgeon to drain blood and clots, to detect the source of the bleeding and ligate it. |
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Streptokinase is used not only for treatment of people suffering heart attacks but also for people who may have blood clots in other parts of the body or who have suffered stokes. |
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A pioneering surgical program to remove life-threatening blood clots from pulmonary arteries and restore blood flow to the lungs is preparing to move to a new level of research. |
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The medical abortion normally causes side effects such as pain and cramping, as well as bleeding accompanied by the passage of blood clots and tissue. |
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The patient needed to take blood thinners to prevent clots from thrombophilia. |
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The heart was in standstill, hazy clots filling the ventricles. |
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As a result, blood can pool in the atria and can form clots. |
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Anti-clotting or thrombolytic drugs save lives and speed patients' recovery by breaking down the blood clots which cause heart attacks. |
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Ticagrelor, sold as Brilique, stops blood clots forming and maintains flow to the heart. |
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The slower flow of blood promotes formation of clots in the atria. |
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Due to the increased risk they are included in decision tools such as the DASH score and PERC rule used to predict the risk of blood clots. |
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These clots which lodge in the lungs are called pulmonary emboli. |
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Rachel: Yes, I've known many women that miscarried, even sometimes in early pregnancy when there were only blood clots, before the baby was formed. |
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These aneurysms may favour the formation of blood clots that break off and occlude vessels downstream, or they may burst and hemorrhage, which may be fatal. |
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As Canadians age and the demand for hip and knee replacements skyrockets, the incidence of these potentially life-threatening clots could rise accordingly. |
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Within a few days the virus causes a condition known as disseminated intravascular coagulation, which is marked by both blood clots and hemorrhaging. |
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The drug was approved to prevent blood clots in people born with a rare hereditary deficiency of antithrombin while they undergo surgery or childbirth. |
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The hereditary deficiency of antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, and plasminogen can be associated with a thrombotic tendency i.e., the inappropriate formation of clots in vessels. |
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Atrial fibrillation is a type of irregular heart rhythm, which leads to an increase risk of blood clots which can dislodge and travel to the brain. |
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There is also strong evidence that these substances can help prevent and treat atherosclerosis by inhibiting the development of plaque and blood clots, each of which tends to clog arteries. |
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Warfarin for blood clots in the bedridden. |
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To reduce the risk of blood clots, it's important to stretch your muscles and move around periodically whenever you're traveling in a plane, car, bus or train. |
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I'm talking about things like Evra, the birth control patch that is now on the market, for which the drug company refuses to put out warnings about the risk of blood clots and heart attacks. |
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Thromboembolic disease, is also referred to as venous blood clots, and it is a condition in which a blood vessel is obstructed by an embolus carried in the bloodstream from the site of formation. |
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Treatment of osteoporosis with oestrogens is, however, linked to serious side-effects such as breast cancer and blood clots. |
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Medicines that prevent the formation or growth of blood clots. |
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Placental chorionic villi from maternal decidua, blood clots and mucus were dissected under a dissecting microscope into fragments a few millimetres in size. |
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The technique also differentiates endometrial thickening from masses such as submucosal fibroids, adenomyomas, blood clots, and carcinomas, he added. |
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Clopidogrel bisulfate is a prescription antiplatelet medicine taken once a day that helps keep platelets in the blood from sticking together and forming clots. |
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The progestins drospirenone and desogestrel minimize the androgenic side effects but increase the risks of blood clots and are thus not first line. |
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