what does a blood clot in your brain feel like? ever wonder?
what does a blood clot in your brain feel like? ever wonder? You are in the kitchen chopping vegetables when you cut yourself. Wash the wound with water and it will stop bleeding within a few minutes. This is because the blood has formed a clot that helps stop the bleeding. Have you ever wondered how blood clots? Human blood to made up of millions of cells, each of which has a different function. Among these cells are platelets - a type of cell that handles blood clotting. There are several different steps involved in blood clotting. 1. A blood vessel has suffered a cut or injury. This injury sends signals to the platelets. which rush to the site of the injury to begin the healing process. Platelets clump together to form a “platelet plug” that plugs the hole through which the bleeding occurs. 2. A chemical reaction begins that stimulates proteins in the blood called clotting factors. These are called factors V, VII, IX, and X "Roman numerals". which are protein fibers...