Question

What does is mean when someone says, "It thins your blood"? (Please give me a detailed answer)

Answer 1

It decreases the amount of blood cells, so there is more plasma.

Answer 2

I guess you are talking about a medicine thinning the blood. It actually decreases the natural "stickiness" of the blood i.e. its tendency to coagulate.

Blood coagulation should fall within a desirable range. If blood coagulates too easily, clots can form which in turn can lead to adverse health conditions such as heart attacks. However, if blood doesn't clot enough, conditions such as hematuria (blood in the urine), bleeding from the nose aka (nosebleeds or epistaxis), hemorrhages, heavy periods in women, and bleeding strokes may occur. If a person's blood isn't clotting enough and he has surgery or a traumatic event like a car accident, he could have a serious problem by losing too much blood from wounds or surgical incisions failing to clot properly.

Answer 3

Blood thinners are used to lengthen the time it takes for blood to form clots, or to prevent clots from forming. They are most used in those who are at risk for heart attack or stroke. A blood thinner can be composed of several different chemical formations, and there are two types: antiplatelet drugs and anticoagulants. The most common blood thinner is aspirin, which is often taken in doses of 81 mg per day.

Aspirin, an antiplatelet drug, has been recognized as a blood thinner for at least 50 years. Often, a daily dose of aspirin is the only required cardiac medicine. This is particularly the case with those children born with congenital heart defects who have undergone surgery. Aspirin helps prevent platelets from clumping together and forming clots.

Hope this answers your question........☺

Answer 4

sprains is wrong, there is no decrease in the number of blood cells. it is just their ability to clump together/stick together which is decreased.....