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A 73-year old woman suffers a severe cerebral hemorrhage after minor trauma Blood work reveals that her blood clotting ability is impaired Disease of which abdominal organ may contribute to this Why?
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why the liver I need to know why A severe cerebral hemorrhage of is bleeding of the brain. Her blood work revewls she has a blood clotting ability impairment. What disease of what abdominal organ may be contributed?
Spleen
pancreas
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What is the part of that blood is attacked when you have dengue?
The platelets are destroyed. These are necessary for clotting. If they are too low, you can hemorrhage to death.
What is necessary to occur to prevent hemorrhage?
It is necessary to have normal clotting factors (check bleeding time, clotting time, prothrombin time). It is necessary to detect internal bleeding. To prevent Gastrointestinal bleeding measures like deworming or other appropriate measures to prevent chronic or acute blood loss are to be taken. This is done surgically or by promoting clotting or preventing the cause of hemorrhage.
What abdominal organ would affect blood clotting ability?
The liver. It produces many of the major clotting factors that are circulated in your blood. Student Doctor.
What is hemorrhage defect?
Best term is clotting defect and it is the term used to genericly refer to all conditions where one of th multiple clotting factors of the blood including platelet anomalies is present in an individual yielding to bleeding.
Disease of which abdominal organ that can interfere with blood clotting?
An enlarged spleen can interfere with blood clotting. The spleen is a multifunctional organ that helps produce platelets, which serve to clot the blood.
What is clotting of blood in the blood vessels?
Also known as disseminated intravascular coagulation, this type of cardiovascular disease is a condition wherein there is excessive clotting and hemorrhage throughout the body and can lead to organ failure or worst, death
Which vitamin is given to newborns to prevent hemorrhage after the umbilical cord is cut?
Vitamin K- but the cord is clamped so that it doesn't bleed. It can't just be cut or it will hemorrhage. The baby doesn't have sufficient clotting proteins as a newborn, so it is given a shot of Vitamin K to help with that.
What part of the body does rat poison affect?
Normal rat poison is basically an anticoagulant, this means it prevents the blood from clotting, so rats normally bleed to death (internal hemorrhage).
What are some of the symptoms of haemophilia?
There are several symptoms of haemophilia. Among them are adverse reaction to clotting treatment, joint damage, deep internal bleeding, transfusion transmitted infection, and intracranial hemorrhage.
Why does not blood clot in pleural fluid?
Hemorrhage within the pleural space generally does not clot due to mechanical defibrination and activation of fibrinolytic mechanisms. Clotting also is impaired by the disappearance of platelets within eight hours following hemorrhage (Source - 29th World Congress of the WSAVA; Study about Pleural Effusions).
I'm pregnant and bleeding a lot It's bright red and clotting Also had a lot of lower abdominal pain What could it be Is it serious?
If you are pregnant and bleeding bright red blood and clotting, you need to get to the doctor as soon as possible. It could be something serious.
What are some of the risks associated with hemispherectomy?
Hemorrhage during or after surgery is a risk for hemispherectomy. Disseminated intravascular coagulation, or blood clotting within the circulatory system, is a risk that may be managed with anticoagulant drugs
