The scourge of our time is a disease that we all already know by heart. What are we! Even a student can list their names - stroke, heart attack, thrombosis - all these are symptoms of thick blood.
Blood
Blood is the most important fluid in our body, which includes cells, cellular inclusions and plasma - water, in which electrolytes, metabolites, vitamins, proteins and other components are dissolved. Blood remains liquid due to the coordinated work of coagulation and anticoagulation systems, a fairly constant ratio of the composition and state of plasma to other elements and the speed of blood flow.
If any of these three factors supporting the blood in the required liquid state is weakened, impaired, we can feel some symptoms of thick blood on ourselves. These signals should not be ignored.
Thick blood: causes, symptoms
Viscosity, blood density can only be checked in a laboratory way. There are conditions in which, in order not to bring yourself to serious consequences, it is necessary to immediately consult a doctor to conduct a blood test.
Symptoms
Blood carries oxygen through our body, and its increased viscosity leads to a weakening of this vital action, as a result of which mild symptoms of thick blood can be observed - dizziness, weakness, fatigue. This is because the brain suffers primarily from a lack of oxygen.
Severe symptoms of thick blood - this is a more serious diagnosis - heart failure, thrombosis of various vessels, strokes, heart attacks and all their consequences.
Causes
The most obvious reasons are the use of insufficient water, a sedentary lifestyle, but, unfortunately, modern people cannot cope with these simple actions. Drinking and moving is the simple rule to keep your body toned! And if we drink, then coffee, sweet juices and soda, alcohol, but many do not even remember about water. And the movement is limited at best by the local area. All this is not enough to maintain the necessary blood flow velocity and plasma volume in the blood.
But there are also independent ailments that become causes of thick blood, these are:
- infectious and parasitic diseases;
- diabetes;
- severe burns;
- avitaminosis;
- fermentopathy;
- liver disease
- poisoning (and everything that leads to dehydration through vomiting and diarrhea).
The viscosity of the blood is also affected by the hormonal background, especially in women, because of its instability (menstruation, pregnancy).
Thick blood: treatment
We all know that it is easier to prevent a disease than to cure it, so let's talk about prevention, which will help prevent even mild symptoms of thick blood.
Consuming enough water (about two liters per day). In addition, it is necessary to introduce sour-milk products, fruits and berries, fatty fish, sunflower oil, and garlic into the diet. These foods should not be many, especially fatty, but they should be regularly present on your table.
Give up bad habits and move more.
There are many plants, the use of which in the form of decoctions and infusions will help thin the blood and help relieve the symptoms of thick blood, these are:
- ginkgo biloba;
- Caucasian dioscorea;
- horse chestnut;
- clover.
If you already have very thick blood (symptoms), treatment is carried out exclusively under the supervision of a doctor or in a hospital.
Do not be ill!