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Symptoms of blood clots. When the price of your attentiveness is life.
Thrombosis is completely curable, but people who have such a problem are at risk, because in a third of cases, blood clots are fatal. Attentive attitude to your health and timely access to a doctor will save you not only from problems with the circulatory system, but also save your life.
First, let's look at the causes of blood clots in the vessels.
The body, with the help of their formation, tries to patch up the blood vessels that are damaged. And this process is completely normal. However, blood clots can form incorrectly and cause us a lot of trouble.
Blood clots, formed in the wrong place, disrupts the circulatory system and leads to disruptions in human health.
It is important to pay attention to the symptoms indicating the appearance of blood clots in time, not to miss the onset of the problem and avoid further serious problems.
There are several factors that cause blood clots.
They are most often associated with a violation of health, an unhealthy lifestyle, ignoring a variety of conditions.
This:
- overweight in the stage of obesity
- oncology and related treatment procedures
- thrombotic disorders
- fractures and ruptures of muscles, ligaments
- surgical intervention, especially with forced restriction of movement after surgery, splints, plaster.
- immobility for a long time: flights, the habit of sitting cross-legged for a long time
- hormonal therapy, especially with the use of estrogen
- oral contraceptives with estrogen
- the state of pregnancy and the recovery period after it
- heart problems: disturbed rhythm, atrial fibrillation.
Symptoms indicating the presence of a problem with blood clots.
The formation of blood clots in deep veins leads to the appearance of thrombosis - DVT (deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities) in the legs and arms. The place where the plaque appears swells and becomes soft to the touch.
- There are pain sensations resembling convulsive.
- The color of the skin at the site of manifestation of thrombosis becomes red or blue.
Remember! Any of these signs is a reason to immediately go to the doctor!
Diagnosis of DVT should be carried out as early as possible, the clot has the ability to damage the vein and travel to the lungs. This leads to pulmonary embolism.
Its symptoms are as follows:
- you are out of breath
- pain in the chest, and the pain is acute,
- heart beats fast
- coughing up, possibly with blood.
Important! Call an ambulance immediately if these signs appear!
How to diagnose
Most often, an ultrasound is done, with the help of which they look for a formed blood clot, or, MRI, in more complex cases. D-dimer analysis is also done in this case, it allows you to determine the onset of blood clots.
How to treat
Treatment of thrombosis and other diseases associated with the formation of blood clots depends on the cause and location. A surgical intervention is possible. Also used drug therapy, anticoagulation - to thin the blood. As a rule, treatment is carried out in a complex manner.