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People with thicker blood, the body or will appear 5 abnormalities

What should I do if my blood is sticky?

By CEAPublished 2 years ago 6 min read
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There are many blood vessels inside our body, and blood vessels are important channels for transporting blood as well as nutrients. In life, more and more people gradually develop blood stickiness, which is related to irregular daily diet and work habits.

Blood viscosity is medically known as hyperviscosity, which refers to a blood viscosity that exceeds the normal range. If the blood is very viscous, it is prone to thrombosis and some embolic diseases.

Blood viscosity often occurs in middle-aged and elderly people and is often diagnosed by blood rheology tests. The causes are related to a variety of factors, and a definitive diagnosis is needed before an appropriate treatment plan can be made.

01

What is normal blood viscosity?

Blood viscosity is the stickiness of blood and is related to the number of red blood cells in the blood, the deformability of red blood cells and the adhesion and aggregation of platelets, and the concentration of blood glucose, lipids, fibrinogen, and immunoglobulins in the plasma.

In layman's terms, the blood is excessively sticky, due to the aggregation of red blood cells in the blood into bunches and the loss of proper gaps and distances. Or the ability of the red blood cells in the blood to bend and deform while passing through tiny capillaries is reduced, making the blood more viscous.

Normal blood viscosity is 3.84-5.30 mPa-s in men and 3.39-4.41 mPa-s in women. increased blood viscosity is commonly seen in coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and hypertension.

cerebral thrombosis, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, malignancy, pulmonary heart disease, true erythrocytosis, multiple myeloma, primary macroglobulinemia, burns, etc.

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Causes of blood viscosity

1. Postural factors

If you keep the same posture for a long time, such as standing for a long time, sitting for a long time, lying for a long time, etc., there is a possibility that the blood flow is too slow. This will lead to the accumulation of clotting factors in the blood.

Once the posture is changed, it will lead to the dislodgement of the embolus, which will lead to pulmonary embolism, heart and brain infarction, and many other serious consequences.

Postural factors

2. Diet is too oily

If the patient does not pay attention to their diet in ordinary life, excessive intake of greasy and high-fat food will also lead to blood stickiness.

For the sake of their health, we should pay attention to controlling the intake of greasy food, not too much, otherwise, it will induce disease and endanger health.

3. Excessive mental stress

Generally speaking, if people carry a large amount of psychological pressure for a long time, it will not only make the human body exhausted. And also in a short period, the body's blood circulation is obstructed, resulting in poor blood flow.

And a long time of poor blood flow, it is easy to cause the blood to into more impurities, so the blood becomes sticky.

Therefore, if we want to avoid blood sticky, on the weekdays must be a timely release of stress. To ensure the smooth circulation of blood to avoid the blood becoming sticky.

High mental stress

4. Drink too little water

Some people's blood sticky may be related to drinking too little water because the lack of water is likely to lead to insufficient water in the blood, the long-term may be the case of thick blood.

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For people with thicker blood, the body may appear 5 abnormalities, it is recommended to understand

1. often feel dizzy

In life, dizziness is a condition that some middle-aged and elderly people are prone to. And will occur dizziness, in the process of blood transport, the heart often provides insufficient oxygen, and then the blood will thicken

This condition causes the blood to slow down and transport less efficiently, which will greatly affect your health and cause an increase in dizziness, reminding you to reduce the blood viscosity.

2. Paroxysmal blurred vision

When the blood viscosity is too high, oxygen and nutrients cannot be supplied to the optic nerve in time, and the retina and optic nerve will briefly become ischemic, causing paroxysmal blurred vision.

If blurred vision occurs suddenly, symptoms such as intermittent vision loss appear. There will be aggravation over time, which may be caused by thickened blood.

3. Poor breathing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath

In life, some people will feel breathlessness and shortness of breath in the chest, such a situation, is also very bad. This often happens because the blood in the blood vessels is too sticky.

This makes the blood return slow down and become slow, and some of the body's organs are in a state of ischemia. Subsequently, such poor breathing and chest tightness, and shortness of breath will be more serious.

4. Cold limbs

If the limbs are always in a cold state, it is related to the blood being too sticky. Normal people have good body circulation, blood can be transported to every part of the body in time, and hands and feet, and other parts of the skin are in a warm state.

Many people have cold hands and feet all year round, possibly because the blood is too sticky. In sticky conditions, circulation cannot be maintained properly and there is a local lack of blood supply.

An insufficient supply of heat may result in cold skin. Noticing this characteristic, you also need to be alert to thickened blood.

5. Frequent feeling of numbness in the extremities

Once the blood in the body becomes sticky, it will seriously affect the capillaries in the body, which will easily lead to the blockage of capillaries and cause blood clots.

The blood flow is not smooth, it will not be able to transport to the end of the body, resulting in perceptual impairment of the hands and feet, often feel cold hands and feet, numbness, and so on.

04

What should I do if my blood is sticky?

1. Soak your feet before going to bed

Before going to bed every day, you can soak your feet in warm water, which will allow the blood vessels on the bottom of the feet to expand, thus allowing blood to be transported to all organs of the body.

This can effectively reduce the phenomenon of blood stickiness, but also allows the flow of blood in a normal state of operation, to achieve a virtuous cycle.

2. Drink more water

If there is a situation of thick blood, the first thing the patient should do is drink more water. When we usually eat, if the rice is cooked too sticky, the first thing we think of is to add water to it.

The same goes for thick blood, drinking more water can dilute the blood and improve the symptoms of stickiness, it is recommended that the daily water intake reach 2000 ml.

Drink more water

3. Proper exercise

Exercise has an important meaning for everyone, whether it is the elderly or children, whether it is busy people or more leisurely people, should adhere to daily exercise in life.

If you have high blood viscosity, you should exercise properly to help improve this condition. The process of exercise can promote blood circulation, can soften the blood vessels, also can discharge fat and harmful substances into the blood.

4. Eat more foods rich in unsaturated fatty acids

When the blood is sticky, you need to eat more food rich in unsaturated fatty acids. This substance can reduce serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, preventing the blood from being too sticky and affecting health.

Therefore, if you find that your blood is too sticky, you can eat more nuts and deep-sea fish to get the unsaturated fatty acids that your body needs. It is beneficial to unclog blood vessels and maintain normal blood circulation.

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