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Q: What substance decreases the bodys ability to clot?
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Why is the ability of your blood to clot important to your survival?

If you are badly injured & bleeding, if your blood does not clot you could bleed out.


From what substance is blood clot actually formed?

fibrin protiein


A blood clot inhibiting substance released by basophils?

Heparin


Is an inherited abnormality that causes a deficiency of a specific clotting factor resulting in a reduced ability to clot blood?

Hemophilia


What is a bleeding time test?

A bleeding time test is a test used to assess the ability of a person's blood to clot.


What kind of deafness Can result from a blood clot in the primary auditory cortex?

A blood clot in any part of the brain can result in a stroke. It may also cause local damage, reducing or removing the ability to hear properly.


What is the medical term meaning blood clot or other foreign substance gets stuck in the lungs and blocks a pulmonary artery?

Answer is Pulmonary Embolism.


Why can't Tylenol 3 be taken 3 days before surgery?

Yes. Tylenol is not a blood thinner and won't impair your ability to clot.


What are anticoagulants' risk factors?

Because anticoagulants affect the blood's ability to clot, they can increase the risk of severe bleeding and heavy blood loss.


What is the difference between thrombolytic agents and fibrinolytic agents and anticoagulant agents?

"anticoagulant prevents the platelet to clot in the vessels whereas antithrombotic lyse the clot formed inside the vessels. The letter break down the clots inside vessels and the former prevent it from happening."That is not correct.Antithrombotic is any medication that decreases clots in the body (by dissolving already formed clots or preventing clot formation). This includes the drug classes anticoagulants, antiplatelets, and thrombolytics.Anticoagulant- primarily prevents formation of a clot, not dissolve a clot already formed, but help to prevent further propagation of a clotAntiplatelet- prevent platelet aggregationThrombolytic- decrease clot size and help dissolve clots already formed


Swelling of a blood clot as water is pulled into the clot?

The fibrin fibres of clot absorbs water and results in swelling of clot.


What is the opposite gender of clot?

Clot is not gender specific.