Thursday, March 17, 2022

BLOOD CLOTS: Who is at more risk than others?


Any movement is good.  Even tapping your toes or stretching in your work chair if you can't get out to walk.  Hydration helps too: it causes you to get up and WALK to the bathroom.  

Interesting what she says here.  Superficial clotting can cause ulcers on the skin.  Daily vitamin C strengthens all blood vessels: veins, arteries, and capillaries.  Nattokinase dissolves platelet and fibrin clots that many are seeing from the COVID vaccines.  

Venous insufficiency occurs when healthy veins become damaged and allow the backward flow of blood into the lower extremities. This pooling of blood can lead to a feeling of heaviness, aching, and can cause skin changes, such as spider veins or a brown, woody appearance of the lower legs.

Seniors’ veins respond differently to everyday stress compared to that of a younger person’s because vein walls are primarily made of collagen. As the body ages, a decrease in the production of collagen causes the veins to become more brittle and the valves more likely to fail, especially in the superficial veins. Thus, there is a higher incidence of varicose veins in the elderly population.

Additionally, the skin begins to lose its elasticity and doesn’t respond to stress the way it once did. And because skin is the “end organ” of venous disease, ulcers can occur as a result of damaged veins.


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