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Bleeding time is a crude test of hemostasis (the arrest or stopping of bleeding). It indicates how well platelets interact with blood vessel walls to form blood clots.
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What is a bleeding time?
A bleeding time is the amount of time it takes for bleeding to stop in a bleeding time test, a test used to assess the ability of a person's blood to clot.
What does minimal bleeding from head wound mean?
It does not mean much more than if you had a minimal bleeding on a wound elsewhere. Minimal is good, and it should form a crust within short time. If it does not form a crust and carry on bleeding for hours upon hours, then I would suggest you have somebody to have a look at it.
Why is bleeding time shorter than clotting time?
Hemostasis occurs in a sequence: 1. Vasoconstriction 2. Formation of platelet plug 3. Formaion of clot Bleeding time is the time from the onset of bleeding till the stoppage of bleeding i.e. temporary hemoststic plug formation (platelet plug). Clotting time is the time from the onset of bleeding till the clot formation (i.e. definitive hemostatic plug). Hence, clotting time is longer then bleeding time.
Does hepatorrhagia mean bleeding from the liver?
yes, it means bleeding into or from the liver.
What does it mean if your bleeding on one day but not on the next?
It means you have stopped bleeding
What does light bleeding 3 weeks after conception mean?
This is implantation bleeding
What can a bleeding nipple mean?
See your doctor, as there should not be any bleeding.
Bleeding Time is normal or abnormal in fever condition?
The bleeding time can be different for an animal under different conditions. When a fever is present, the higher temperature prolongs bleeding time.
What does hemmoragic mean?
"Bleeding"
Why would someone pass large blood clots without bleeding?
Large clots would mean that the bleeding had already occurred. If there is considerable distance to the outside of the body, such as from an ulcer or intestinal bleeding, then you would have just the clots by the time it makes it out of the body.
Differentiate coagulation time from bleeding time?
coagulation time is the time it takes for the blood to clot. Bleeding time is the time at which the blood stops flowing through the wound.
What over the counter drug will lenghten a bleeding time?
And over-the-counter drug that will lengthen bleeding time is aspirin.
