Almost every person in our country donated blood for analysis at least once in their life. However, not everyone knows that there is such a thing as blood viscosity . What is it, why does it depend? We will try to answer all these questions later in the article.
Blood viscosity means that it is too thick. A huge number of factors directly affect the viscosity itself. These are liver diseases, impaired function, damage to blood vessels, changes in the state of the thinnest membranes of platelets and red blood cells, and much more. In addition, the ratio of the liquid part and the cellular mass of blood affects blood viscosity. In turn, high blood viscosity can cause blood clots in the vessels and heart.
If the patient has a similar kind of process, the specialist will need to prescribe a special course of treatment that will facilitate liquefaction. This is, first of all, a special drinking regime and a suitable diet. For example, a person who has an increased blood viscosity should drink at least one and a half to two liters of fluid all day. It is recommended to drink herbal infusions, teas, only natural juices (fruit and vegetable), clean water. Especially helps in this situation, juice from grapes, while it is mentioned that it must be red. It is such a drink that is most useful for the entire vascular system of our body. This is a kind of balm for the human heart.
Nutrition of a person with high blood viscosity should be, first of all, balanced in fats, proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, trace elements and so on. In order for the body to begin the restoration and renewal of the membranes of the cells of the blood itself, as well as the walls of the vessels, it is necessary to provide it with a set of important amino acids. Some doctors say that under the circumstances, the patient’s menu should be replenished with a large amount of meat, since it is the most important source of protein. However, this is not quite true. The thing is that this product, in addition to everything else, is very saturated with fats, and their consumption, in turn, must be limited. In a different scenario, the viscosity of the blood will not decrease, on the contrary, it will be possible to observe the opposite process. For this reason, a person should replace this source of protein with marine fish, eggs and dairy products, as well as a small amount of turkey or chicken.
Blood coagulation can be significantly reduced if you eat thirty grams of nuts daily (dose for an adult). It is they who in their composition have a large amount of calcium, potassium, magnesium and other mineral substances. Cashews, walnuts and almonds are considered the best source of arginine amino acids. From it, in turn, nitric oxide is formed quite quickly, which helps to reduce the level of blood coagulability.
Wheat seeds should be added to the list of products that are useful for violations of this type. It should be noted that they must be necessarily germinated. It is enough to eat one spoon of this product per day.
Lymph, blood and the so-called tissue fluid in our body form a special environment. She washes every cell and tissue of our body. This internal environment should have a relative constancy of physical, chemical properties, its composition. This, in turn, creates almost the same conditions for the cells of the body to exist. That is why blood is a special tissue of the human body. It performs a great many functions. In this case, we are talking about transport, nutrition, respiratory, thermoregulatory, protective, excretory and humoral functions. Blood viscosity normally differs in women and men. In general, only specialists can calculate it. Such studies are carried out in a special laboratory. However, if the viscosity of a liquid, such as water, is taken as unity, then we can say that the viscosity of the blood will be approximately one point seven tenths - two point two tenths. As for the viscosity of whole human blood, this value is close to five. In addition to all this, the presence of red blood cells and proteins in it determines its viscosity. If the number of red blood cells increases in the blood, then it thickens, and its viscosity also increases.