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OT d-i-y anti blood clot
On 15/01/2017 11:20, Huge wrote:
On 2017-01-14, wrote:
On 14/01/2017 13:11, Andrew wrote:
On 13/01/2017 11:39, whisky-dave wrote:
exactly he was taking aprin so not to get a stroke as he;d heard that
it thins the blood so yuo;re less
likely to get a a blood clot
No it doesn't thin your blood. Medical myth, commonly propagated
by people who should know better (typically nurses), presumably
because they think the patient is too thick to understand how
they work.
Aspirin interferes with the platelets normal function of
metamorphosing into a sticky plug when it encounters exposed
collagen, as when you cut yourself.This is measured by the
bleeding time of about 2 mins.
Warfarin, Heparin and others act on the blood coagulation
stages, normally triggered off by a cut, which pass
throughseveral factors (like Factor VIII, deficient or
defective in haemophiliacs) and eventually polymerise
fibrin into strands that get enmeshed in the platelet
plug to seal the wound after the platelets have plugged
it.
An interesting discussion. What's the advantage of drugs like
Clopidogrel over Warfarin or Aspirin?
Clopidogrel's benefit is primarily in those who smoke cigarettes, with
only slight benefit in those who do not.
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