Unfortunately, in this country, blood clots in blood vessels are very common. Thousands of people are affected by them every year, and particularly by deep vein thrombosis or DVT. This means that the clot is located in the leg. Unfortunately, if you are not aware of the common treatments for blood clots, they have the potential to cause very serious complications. Hopefully, the following information will help you to avoid them.
Understanding Blood Clots:
Before looking at the most common treatments for blood clots, it is important to understand what they are – and what they aren’t. A blood clot is not necessarily dangerous. If it is in a stable position and doesn’t move, there are very few negative effects. However, if they break lose, which means they start to travel through the vein, there is a significant problem. The clot could end up blocking blood supply to important parts of the body, such as the lungs, the heart, or the brain. Pulmonary embolisms, for instance, are blood clots that block the pulmonary arteries. If the lungs and the heart can’t work properly, then the rest of the body can’t either. In fact, some people with a pulmonary embolism can’t breath properly and they may even die. Indeed, in this country, the pulmonary embolism is one of the most common causes of death.
If your body is in a normal, healthy state, it is able to dissolve blood clots as they form. However, it is increasingly difficult for us to live in normal, healthy states due to our rushed lifestyles, environmental pollutants, and more. This is why it is so important that you take steps now to better support your body, engaging in preventive treatment for blood clots, in other words.
Common Treatments for Blood Clots:
- Regularly move your legs, ensuring blood can flow properly.
- Avoiding long periods of sitting or lying down. Walk around regularly, at least once every hour.
- Exercising regularly.
If you believe that you have a blood clot, then you need to seek medical attention straight away. Apply a warm towel to the area in which you feel pain while waiting for treatment to be made available. You will then be monitored and, possibly, provided with anticoagulant medication. This will hopefully stop the clot from worsening and from breaking apart from the walls, traveling to other parts of the body. You may also be encouraged to take systemic enzymes, which may dissolve the blood clots, reduce inflammation, clean up circulation, and reduce pain.
The most important thing is that if you suspect you have a blood clot and that it has become loose, you seek treatment straightaway. The reality is that a blood clot in a blood vessel can be lethal, sometimes very quickly, particularly if the clot travels to the brain or to the lungs. Immediate provision of medication and other medical attention is often the only way to avoid this. Blood clots are incredibly serious and you must treat them as such, therefore also taking steps to avoid them.
