Blood clotting

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Read about an Irish study showing how levels of the blood clotting factor thrombin are increased in patients with RRMS, likely contributing to both inflammation and heart disease.

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How Blood Clots - Explore from the Merck Manuals - Medical Consumer Version.

Blood clots often occur without symptoms. This can make it difficult to tell if you have one. Learn more about the early warning signs.

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A blood clot in the legs is also called a Deep Vein Thrombosis. It is typically found in the deep veins of the legs. If the blood clot breaks off and goes to the lungs (Pulmonary Embolism) or Brain (Stroke) - it can be life threatening.

Clotting factors are proteins in blood plasma that prevent excessive bleeding. They’re essential to the cascade of events called coagulation.

The Clotting Time is the time taken by blood to coagulate outside the body. It depends on many factors involved in coagulation. There are two methods applied for the determination of Clotting time – Venipuncture method (Lee-White method) and Capillary method. Only severe clotting factor deficiency is recognized by this method. In case of prolonged Clotting time (> 10 minutes), the patient should be subjected to more detailed test for the identification of the missing coagulating factor.

Prothrombin thrombophilia is a disorder that increases the risk of developing blood clots. Explore symptoms, inheritance, genetics of this condition.

Blood clots are common in people over 50's. Learn about causes, symptoms and how to reduce the risk of developing a blood clot.