Unfortunately, we often see the phrase "broken blood clot" in the case history. But this situation, most likely, could have been avoided.
In every organism there are anticoagulant and coagulating blood systems. If they are in balance, the blood is thin, without clots. When the influence of the coagulation component increases and blood flow slows down, blood clots form.
Injury, surgery, neoplastic and inflammatory diseases that damage the inner surface of blood vessels can also contribute to this.
A thrombus does not form immediately, but grows gradually, starting with a small plaque, on which further layering occurs. If its attachment to the wall of the vessel is weak, then it breaks off and floats freely through the vessels.
A detached blood clot can block the flow of blood. This phenomenon is called thromboembolism. If the blood flow is blocked in the brain, this leads to ischemic stroke, if in the arteries of the heart - myocardial infarction, if in the large veins of the lower extremities - thrombosis.
The worst thing happens when a detached blood clot enters the lungartery. In this case, a person feels a sharp, almost dagger-like pain in the chest area, begins to suffocate and, unfortunately, dies: as a rule, they do not have time to deliver him to the hospital. One in five sudden deaths are related to this.
The question arises as to why a blood clot breaks off. It is definitely impossible to answer it. Stress, trauma, abnormal processes in the body can provoke this.
A detached blood clot can occur in the body of people who are genetically predisposed to the formation of blood clots (there were thrombosis diseases in the family), in obese people (malnutrition always leads to hypertension, diabetes mellitus, the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, and subsequently blood clots), smokers (blood viscosity is increased, and blood vessels are constricted), drug addicts, alcoholics, people who are inactive and exhausted by various diseases.
To reduce the risk of falling into a group with disorders of the circulatory system, it is necessary to periodically be examined and lead a he althy active lifestyle, eat right and drink at least 2 liters of clean water. A violation detected in time is always easier to cure than to control the situation when a blood clot has already come off. The consequences could be catastrophic. It is good if the person survives and can fully recover.
The following are symptoms that should not be ignored, you must immediately take the person to the hospital, where they will be treated.
Whenthrombosis:
- veins feel heaviness and pain in the legs, swelling, blue skin;
- abdominal arteries observed vomiting, diarrhea, sharp pain in this area;
- pulmonary artery - chest pain, lack of oxygen, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat.
The presence or even detached blood clot can be diagnosed using various methods: phlebography, ultrasound, angiography, blood tests for clotting and cholesterol, biochemical analysis.
You can’t self-medicate, as time may be missed during which properly prescribed therapy could correct the situation.
