One out of four people is at risk of suffering from thrombosis. However, this is easy to avoid, as you can foresee the increased risk of blood clots in advance.
Dr. Alex
Blood clots from platelets by sticking together in chains, and they can show up in veins and arteries. Lumps are fixed on the walls of blood vessels—in some cases due to blood clotting disorders, in others as a result of damage to the inner wall of the vessel.
If a blood clot breaks off under the influence of any factor, it flies away through the bloodstream and blocks it in a narrow place. ===A blood clot can enter the arteries of the brain (ischemic stroke), the intestine (mesenteric thrombosis), the arteries of the extremities (acute ischemia), the heart artery (myocardial infarction), and the pulmonary artery.
Who is at risk?
As a rule, people over 50 years old are at the highest risk. Blood clots often appear on the surface of atherosclerotic plaques—deposits of cholesterol on t...
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