Why Blood Clots - Articles
Blood clots, blood clots :(
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Allen
... hat were causing me get tired after just a few seconds of activity. I left the ER and went to a regular room, where the doctor and nurses and techs there tried to figure out why I had the clots. They asked if I had recently been on long (5-7 hours) airplane flights in which I wasn't moving around. Nope. I did tell them that I would spend several h ...
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Blood Clots
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NOHC
I recently had a patient present to my office with a complaint of local sharp pain in the back of her leg which had started recently without precipitating factors. The pain was located in her lower leg, and was isolated and not in an area where one would normally present unless they had been doing [...]
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Migraine sufferers at risk of blood clots
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GoToSee
... on. Migraine sufferers were no more likely to suffer atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) than those people who don't suffer migraines. Researchers said it was unclear why migraines and venous thrombosis are linked but suggest migraine sufferers blood may be more prone to clotting.This study is the first of its kind to use high-resolution ul ...
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Curcumin and blood clots
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Margaret
... bdomen of an animal model of hemorrhagic stroke three times over three hours, and found that it significantly decreased the size of blood clots. Extraordinary. Hmmm, I wonder why they chose to use corn oil…? At any rate, they are currently working on developing an intravenous form of curcumin with the idea that it may also help prevent strokes. Int ...
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A Prevention For Blood Clots?
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Nick B.
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A new report has revealed that people could reduce their risk of developing life threatening blood clots like deep-vein thrombosis, by taking statins - a group of drugs commonly used to lower cholesterol and fight heart disease. Yesterday a conference was held at the ...
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Blood Clot Complication pt. 2
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Dennis
Here’s the second half of the story–the most important part: why this blood clot happened to me and what it means for the future.I feel pretty good about the whole situation. It’s just one of those things.Keep fighting, ~Dennis
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Migraines Linked to Vein Blood Clots
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Rudy S.
... rprising to me Link: Migraines Linked to Vein Blood Clots.Sept. 15, 2008 -- Migraine sufferers appear to be at increased risk for stroke, and now a new study may help explain why.One theory has been that people with migraines develop hardened plaque within the arteries -- known as atherosclerosis -- earlier than people without migraines. Atheroscle ...
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Blood Clot Complication pt. 1
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Dennis
This video describes the complication that arose three months after my takedown surgery: three small blood clots in my lungs. This first video covers what happened to me; the second video will cover the causes and treatment of the blood clots.Keep fighting, ~Dennis
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Women at Risk for Deadly Blood Clots
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Cathy T.
Seeking Markers for Menopausal Women at Risk for a Deadly Blood Clot Despite the fact that the disorder is rare, it increases exponentially during menopause and can be deadly. The hormone trials conducted thus far, ...
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Long Duration Flights Triple Risk of Blood Clots
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Robin P.
I fly from Minnesota to Texas a few times a year and always get achy legs. A resent report found the risk of developing potentially fatal blood clots in the legs roughly triples on a flight that lasts longer than four hours. The flights I take are usually only 2 1/2 hours but by the time I factor in the time sit ...
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