Blood clot normally forms when platelets clump together and the blood thickens to stop bleeding in response to injury. However, it can also happen when abnormal changes within the blood vessel triggers the blood clotting process resulting to thrombus (solid clump of blood) formation inside the vessel. This can cause damage to body organs especially … Continue reading “10 Best Food & Diet Meal Plan for Blood Clots During Pregnancy”
When a person is physically injured, the external layer of the involved skin is usually torn apart, causing it to bleed. In order to stop the bleeding, a number of proteins and other different blood particles start to work together in forming a blood clot with the common purpose of stopping blood loss. The process, … Continue reading “10 Blood Clotting Disorders”
Thrombin plays a central role in the generation of blood clots to stop bleeding. However, a blood clot that forms and remains in a vessel of the body (thrombus) can cause vascular obstruction.
Before we proceed with the essential aspects, let us first define fibrinogen. It is well known as an important protein in the body that helps stop bleeding with its key role in blood clot formation. The protein is manufactured in the liver.
Fibrin is a strong insoluble protein produced by the body in response to bleeding. Whenever tissue damage (wound) results in bleeding, a soluble protein found in blood plasma called fibrinogen becomes converted into fibrin molecules by the action of a clotting enzyme called thrombin. The fibrin molecules combine together to form long fibrous chains that … Continue reading “10 Essentials About Fibrin”
Thromboplastin is an enzyme that helps in blood coagulation with a function of catalyzing prothrombin to thrombin conversion. It is a very intricate enzyme that can be found in diverse tissues including the lung, brains, and more predominantly the blood platelets.
Antithrombin is also known as Antithrombin III or AT 3, a small protein molecule that plays an important role in helping to control blood clotting in the body by inhibitory regulation of thrombin. It is a natural blood thinner produced by the liver.
