Pulmonary embolism, also known as PE, a “complication of blood clots in the lungs,” which causes “100,000 through 180,000” United States citizens to pass away each year. The Chairman of the Venous Disease Coalition made the statement that, “Every year more people die from preventable blood clots than from breast cancer, AIDS, and traffic accidents combined.” Deep vein thrombosis, also known as DVT, is the “blood clots that occur mainly in the calf and thigh deep veins” are another type of blood clots. However, with blood clots being as preventable as they are except for hereditary blood clots, people need to be aware of the symptoms and when to have the doctors check them out.
There are multiple symptoms for blood clots that everyone needs to know. “New swelling in arms or legs, skin redness, soreness or pain in the swollen arm or leg and a warm spot on the swollen arm or leg are just a few of the more noticeable symptoms.” There are not as many ways to prevent PE, however a couple are: “taking anticoagulant medicines daily, which helps stop new blood clots from forming and stopping the growth of existing blood clots.” Ways to prevent DVT are: “maintain a healthy weight, exercise daily, stop smoking, check blood pressure regularly, report any family or personal history of blood clotting to the doctors, talk to the doctors about possibly taking a blood thinner.” Blood thinners are a last resort when it comes to preventing DVT because they have major side effects.
Blood clots can be caused by numerous items that we do in our everyday lives.“Smoking, prolonged sitting or bed rest, surgery, pregnancy, family history of blood clots, obesity, and certain medications are all causes of blood clots.” Granted if a person has blood clots...
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Many factors can increase the risk of these clots, including prolonged bed rest (such as after surgery), sitting for long periods (such as on a plane), use of birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy, pregnancy, family history of DVT, inflammatory bowel disease, and certain genetic clotting disorders. Compression stockings are also sometimes used in people who have an acute DVT, to prevent a group of symptoms known as post-thrombotic syndrome that includes leg pain and
One of the characteristics of the common disorder, and perhaps the most worrisome for the patients affected, is decreased blood flow in the atria, which is associated with and allows thrombi to form. Embolism from the atria can cause cerebrovascular accidents, which can be devastating to the affected individuals and their families.
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Deep venous thrombosis(DVT) is the formation of a blood clot or thrombus in the large vein of the legs(Narani, 2010). The signs and symptoms of a lower limb DVT varies from asymptomatic to extensive ilio femoral thrombosis(Narani, 2010). The most common clinical manifestation can be sudden swelling of one limb accompanied with pain or tenderness,
...lood Vessel Stents.” 1-3). Bypass surgery is another option; a blood vessel from somewhere in the body is used to go around the blocked artery. This completely bypasses the blocked artery, so it no longer becomes an issue. Thrombolytic therapy is a method that involves injecting a medication into the artery that will dissolve the clot and allow blood to pass freely through the artery (“Peripheral Artery Disease.” 3).
Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder that slows the blood clotting process, which is not normal. Some people with Hemophilia may just have a little bit of “clotting factor” or no clotting factor at all (National Institute of Health [NIH], 2013). Clotting factor is a protein in blood that controls bleeding and they are needed the blood to clot normally. In order to help the blood clot, clotting factors work with “platelets” (National Institute of Health [NIH], 2013). Platelets are small blood cell fragments that form in the bone marrow, a tissue in the bones that is similar to a sponge. The functions of platelets have a very important role in blood clotting; the role of a platelet is to stick together (by the help of clotting factors) to block cuts, break on the carriers of blood (veins or arteries) throughout the body, and stop the bleeding when “blood vessels” (National Institutes of Health [NIH], 2013) are injured. Blood vessels are tube like structures carrying blood through the tissues and organs, like a vein, artery, or capillary. People with hemophilia do not have enough “clotting factor VIII or IX” (World Federation of Hemophilia [WFH], 2013) in their blood, which results to prolonged bleeding or oozing, meaning that bleeding can last longer (though, not faster) than usual after surgeries, accidents, or having teeth pulled out at the dentist. Clotting factor VIII, which can also be called as “anti-hemophilic factor” (AHF, for short) (Patient.co.uk, 2011), is a blood clotting protein that is necessary for humans to have. Clotting Factor IX is a protein that i...
After a thorough examination, J.P. was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). “DVT develops most often in the legs but can occur also in the upper arms…” (Ignatavicius & Workman, 2013). Due t...
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It’s caused by high blood pressure, smoking, or high cholesterol. That damage leads to the formation of plaque. When bad cholesterol, or LDL, crosses the damaged endothelium, the cholesterol enters the wall of the artery. That causes your white blood cells to stream in to digest the LDL. Over years, cholesterol and cells become plaque in the wall of the artery (WebMed). This proves me that the plaques create a hard wall inside the artery, also as the atherosclerosis progresses the wall is going to be more bigger with the time, and doesn’t just affects your heart, it also affects all your body with risk of getting more sick, the possibilities for a stroke increments and other health problems too. This are just some of the causes for this illness, there also stress, the type of diet you are in, the workflow, in case of being a student, school, exams, social life, etc. can be also factors for the illness to progress more as you get older and you don’t do a change to benefit yourself and be
Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of CAD. Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease characterized by fat deposits in the arteries causing them to block the normal passage of blood. No one is quite sure how atherosclerosis develops. The plaque consists mostly of cholesterol, phospholipids and smooth muscle cells. They also reduce the size of the lumen of the affected artery which impairs the blood flow of this artery and later on could form a thrombus that will completely occlude the vessel. “Unfortunately, signs and symptoms of atherosclerosis usually don’t develop until at least 70% of an artery’s lumen has become obstructed. Angina is almost always the first symptom to appear.”(Journal: The killer behind CAD,2010). Modifiable factors that could prevent the occurrence of CAD include cigarette smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, atherogenic diet like diet high in cholesterol, use of contraceptive and hormone therapy replacement. “Women continue to ...
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Cardiovascular disease is developed by a build-up of fatty deposits on the inner walls of the blood vessels, which typically takes years to accrue (World Health Organization). The development of the fatty-acid deposits can occur due to an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and a harmful intake of alcohol. The behavioral risk factors listed above account for about 80% of cardiovascular disease, with the other 20% being cause by fixed risk factors (age, gender, race).