What are Blood Clots?
Blood is running continuously in the veins of the human body. After the small injury or cut on the body, blood changes its form from liquid to a squishy state alike jelled, is called Blood Clotting. It’s an essential process of saving too much blood in certain situations, such as at the time of injury but this formation of blood inside the veins can be very dangerous when a lump of blood changes its form and clotting take place inside the veins, it does not dissolve on its own. This can be hazardous, even life-threatening and more serious situation. There is no danger when blood clot is at a halt, it will not harm you, but the movement of squishy stated blood can be unsafe.
Types of blood clots
The blood circulation system of a human body is made up of vessels, veins, and arteries, by which the blood is transported all over the body. There are few types of blood clots
Arterial Clots: Arterial Clot is formed when blood clot takes place in arteries, which requires immediate treatment, if not then, it, can lead to heart attack.
Venous clots: Venous Clot occurs when blood clot meshes up in veins. This type of clot increases overtime slowly, but can also be a great threat to our life.
Deep vein thrombosis: Deep vein thrombosis is the most serious and extremely dangerous type of blood clotting in the veins. When a major vein inside our body faces blood clotting is called Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Mostly it occurs in the major parts of our body like brain, lungs, pelvis and one of our legs.
Signs and symptoms
Pulmonary embolism (PE) happens when small clots break from a Deep vein Thrombosis and extend throughout the body and attain to lungs, which can be critical. There are few symptoms of pulmonary embolism that includes:
- unexpected shortness in taking a breath
- Fast heart rate.
- May get worse in taking long inhalation
- Unexpected Cough
When a major vein of our body usually an arm or one of our legs faces blood clots, it is caused by Deep vein thrombosis. There are few signs and symptoms of DVT that includes:
- Skin gets bluish or reddish
- Swelling in arm or usually in one leg
- Cramp (leg pain and tenderness)
- Leg or arm gets warm
Blood Clots that sounds like a pretty big problem.
It is a big problem that is faced by every 1/20th person each year.
“The Center for disease control and prevention (CDC) has estimated that Deep vein thrombosis, together with pulmonary embolism (a type of venous clot affecting the lungs) affects up 900,000 Americans each year. These types of blood clots kill approximately 100,000 people annually in a vast country” (CDC, center for disease control and prevention)
There is no method to know that you have clotting in blood without having medical guidance. If you are aware of the common risk factors and symptoms then you can easily know when you should get to doctor.
What if you get a blood clot in a deeper vein?
Blood clots in the deeper vein can cause injury to the inside of blood vein due to trauma or other state and changes in normal bloodstream. Blood clots in the veins irritate (soreness) called Thrombophlebitis. Severe obstacles of Deep vein thrombosis happens when a clot break or embolizes and moves through the bloodstream, and it causes obstruction of blood vessels in the lungs called pulmonary embolism (PE), this can cause rigorous difficulty in breathing and even death depends on the amount of blockage.
The most common risk factors are:
- Plumpness
- Prolonged sitting while driving
- Long bed rest during illness
- Heart attack or failure
- Being at the very top of the height
- Cancer
Use of Eliquis Generic in Blood clotting.
Eliquis is a blood thinner that is dreadfully useful in melting the blood clots. It is beneficial and treats (PE) pulmonary embolism and (DVT) Deep vein Thrombosis, and it decreases the possibility of happening again and soften an existing clot.
But one thing should be kept in mind, like other blood thinners, Eliquis Generic can also boost the risk of the flow of blood.
