Doctors have named the signs of blood clot detachment

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A blood clot detachment can result in a heart attack, stroke, thromboembolism, and death.

Cardiologists and a surgeon spoke in an interview about the danger a blood clot that has detached can pose to a person, along the way naming the signs that indicate its detachment.

Thrombi are clots from clusters of blood cells called platelets that attach to the vascular wall. Doctors warn: the processes of blood clot formation often become more active after the age of 40. As the body matures and ages, changes occur in the blood clotting system and the risk of diseases that contribute to blood thickening and blood flow disorders increases.

“Thrombi are mainly formed in large vessels due to increased blood clotting. Under the influence of mechanical and biochemical processes, the thrombus can break away from the wall to which it was attached,” the experts stated.

After breaking off, thrombi are able to penetrate with the blood flow into small vessels and contribute to their blockage. As a result, the normal blood supply of tissues and organs is disturbed – the result of this can be the development of life-threatening conditions. Cardiologists reported:

“This leads to ischemia, heart attack, stroke, thromboembolism and even death.”

According to doctors, before the thrombus breaks off, a person may experience symptoms of thrombosis of the lower extremities – severe swelling and bruising of one leg. In this case, you need to contact the doctors, because there is a high probability that the blood clot will break off and cause a life-threatening blockage.

As for the symptoms that indicate the blood clot has broken off, they can be pallor, shortness of breath, sweat, pain.

Most often, the phrase “thrombus broke off” refers to pulmonary embolism. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the person turned pale, then covered himself, pains appeared behind the sternum, in the back of the head, in the chest,” the doctors informed.

In the case of the listed signs that appeared suddenly, it is necessary to urgently call ambulance.