Blood Clots

Blood clots are serious conditions and it happens when coagulation of blood occurs. It occurs when the protein fibrin aggregates with blood factors like platelet.

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Fibrin is helping in the process healing the injuries. But when blood clots happen unnecessarily fibrin is harmful in making the clots. Blood clots or otherwise called a thrombus. Blood clots normally happen either in the heart or in the blood vessels.

Embolism is a condition where a sudden blocking of an artery by clots or even foreign materials which is brought to its sight of lodgment by blood stream. This embolism is called thromboembolism when a blood clot blocks an organ like brain and heart from its supply of blood. As the consequence of diminished blood flow (ischemia) the tissues of the organ affected begins to die.

Deep venous thrombosis is a condition where a blood clot enters in to deep veins in the body. It restricts the blood flow and oxygen to the related organs. Pain, fever, reddishness of the affected area is the chief indications of this DVT. Genetic factors and sitting for a long period during journey are the causes for this condition.

A new study has found statin drugs, used to lower cholesterol levels and thwart heart problem, helpful to minimize the risk of developing perilous blood clots which can stay in the legs or lungs.

The researchers observed that Crestor cut the risk of developing blood clots in nearly half of the participants with low cholesterol.

But it was also noticed to higher the inflammation which took part in many diseases. It is not known whether the beneficial outcomes were due to reduction in cholesterol or CRP, since Crestor was found to perform the both functions.

Many doctors have been reluctant to the expanding use of statin in the people with normal cholesterol because many out of them would have to be treated to avert a particular additional case.