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Results 1 - 10 of 17 for Blood clotting
  1. Bleeding Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... cause. They may include medicines and transfusions of blood, platelets, or clotting factor.
  2. Vitamin K (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... bones and tissues. It also makes proteins for blood clotting. If you don't have enough vitamin K, you may bleed too much. Newborns have very little vitamin K. They usually get a shot of vitamin K soon after they are born. If you take blood thinners, you need to be careful about how ...
  3. Hemophilia (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... Do certain blood tests to show if your blood is clotting properly. If it does not, then you will ... replace the missing clotting factor so that your blood can clot properly. This is usually done by injecting replacement clotting factor into a vein. The replacement clotting factor ...
  4. Blood Clots (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is a blood clot? 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 ...
  5. Platelet Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... your bones. Platelets play a major role in blood clotting. Normally, when one of your blood vessels is injured, you start to bleed. Your ...
  6. Bleeding (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... able to make a clot, your blood needs blood proteins called clotting factors and a type of blood cell called platelets. Some people have a problem with clotting, due to another medical condition or an inherited ...
  7. Deep Vein Thrombosis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body. Most deep vein clots occur in the lower leg or thigh. If the vein swells, ...
  8. Myelodysplastic Syndromes (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... fight infections, and the platelets that help with blood clotting. If you have a myelodysplastic syndrome, the stem cells do not mature into healthy blood cells. Many of them die in the bone ...
  9. Bone Marrow Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... fight infections, and the platelets that help with blood clotting. With bone marrow disease, there are problems with the stem cells or how they develop: In leukemia, a cancer of the blood, the bone marrow makes abnormal white blood cells ...
  10. Metabolic Syndrome (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... who have metabolic syndrome often also have excessive blood clotting and inflammation throughout the body. Researchers don't know whether these conditions cause metabolic syndrome or worsen it. Who is at risk ... changes in blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and blood sugar levels What ...
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