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What is a blood clot?


Blood Clots: What They Are and What They Do - Cleveland Clinic

Blood Clots. Blood clots are semi-solid or gel-like masses that form in your arteries and veins. Blood clots help control bleeding, but they may also cause ...

Blood Clots - Hematology.org

Blood clotting, or coagulation, is an important process that prevents excessive bleeding when a blood vessel is injured. Platelets (a type of blood cell) ...

Blood Clots | Hypercoagulability - MedlinePlus

A blood clot is a mass of blood that forms when platelets, proteins, and cells in the blood stick together. When you get hurt, your body forms a ...

Blood Clots – Symptoms and Causes | Penn Medicine

Blood clots form as the body's way of stopping bleeding from damaged blood vessels and promoting healing. They can develop in response to an injury or the ...

Blood clots - Mayo Clinic

Blood clots: Symptom — Overview covers definition, possible causes of this symptom.

Blood Clots - How They Form and Common Causes - WebMD

Blood clots are healthy and lifesaving when they stop bleeding. But they can also form when they aren't needed and cause a heart attack, stroke, or other ...

Blood Clots Explained | NIH News in Health

Clots can form on the blood vessel walls to help them heal if they get damaged. Afterward, the clots usually dissolve. But sometimes a clot doesn't get broken ...

Blood clots - NHS

Blood clots can be very serious and need to be treated quickly. Staying healthy and active can help prevent them.

Definition of blood clot - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

NCI's Dictionary of Cancer Terms provides easy-to-understand definitions for words and phrases related to cancer and medicine.

Blood Clot (DVT): Symptoms in Legs, Lungs, heart, arm and more

When blood clots don't fall apart, they can be dangerous and lead to serious medical conditions. You can get them in blood vessels in just about any part of ...

The basics of blood clots: What you need to know

Blood clots are a normal part of the healing process after an injury, but they can also form inside the body when there is damage to the ...

How Blood Clots Form - WebMD

When your blood doesn't move as well as it should, the blood flow in your veins slows down. Sticky substances, called clotting factors, can make your blood ...

What is a blood clot? | UNC Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center

Blood clots are made up of little particles called platelets and a meshwork of protein strands, called fibrin. Clots in arteries have a different composition ...

Blood clots – symptoms and treatment | healthdirect

Blood clots in blood vessels can be fatal if they aren't treated. They can lead to problems such as a stroke, heart attack or pulmonary embolism.

Blood Clot Info: Risks, Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention

Symptoms of a Blood Clot in the Leg or Arm (deep vein thrombosis or DVT) · Swelling · Pain or tenderness not caused by injury · Skin that is warm to the touch ...

Blood Clots in Veins, Heart and Lungs - Yale Medicine

When blood clots form within blood vessels they can obstruct blood flow, which can cause blockages affecting the heart, lungs and other organs.

Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots

This guide describes ways to prevent and treat blood clots; symptoms; and medication side effects as well as when to go to the emergency room.

Blood clot symptoms and causes - Heart Research Institute

Blood clots in the heart. Blood clots in the heart can block critical blood flow and result in a heart attack (also known as a myocardial infarction). If the ...

Blood clots Causes - Mayo Clinic

Blood clots: Symptom — Overview covers definition, possible causes of this symptom.

Thrombosis | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Thrombosis occurs when blood clots block your blood vessels. It may be caused by injury, immobility and other factors.