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What rike do platelets play in protecting the body from infections and disease?
Platelets are not directly involved in the immune system response to infion. Unlike white blood cells, platelets are responsible for blood clotting and would serve to prevent further entry by more bacteria.
What can red cells and platelets be used for?
Red blood cells are used to transport blood and oxygen to cells in our body while platelets clot blood when u are bleeding, to prevent excessive blood loss
Why are platelets essential to survival?
platelets are essential to survival because it heals a cuts or a damage you made to any part of your body by sticking to the damaged part
What does disprin do?
To prevent blood clots, aspirin reduces the stickiness of platelets. This helps prevent platelets from sticking to fatty deposits that build up in arteries.
How do you feel if you have low platelets?
Platelets are the small cells in your body that stick to the wall of a blood vessel following injury. They clump together and prevent bleeding. If you have low platelets in your blood, or thrombocytopenia, your ability to form clots and stop bleeding may be impaired. Therefore, there are some things you should know about living with low platelets.
Why are platelets important to the human body?
Platelets help the body to protect wounds by creating a scab
What is the job of platelets in our body?
Platelets contain clotting factors that cause them to stick together, which stops bleeding from an opened blood vessel by solidifying the blood (hemostasis). Platelets also carry the growth factors (PDGF) that stimulate the growth of new blood vessels, which is called angiogenesis.
How many platelets can be safely removed?
it depends on how many platelets you have in your body.
Dengue fever results in dip in the?
The number of platelets and amount of water. Losing the platelets will prevent normal clotting of the blood.
What are the blood components that help the body to control bleeding?
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Why does an animal have platelets?
An animal has platelets because when they get a wound the platelets rush to the area and they release fibres that stop the blood from escaping the body.
Platelets prevent blood loss by forming a?
By forming a clot
