Ever Wonder How Blood Clots?

Over the years we have had many cancer patients come to our clinic, New Hope Unlimited, who have been diagnosed with blood clots after receiving chemotherapy. Most of the patients have no idea about blood clots or how they are formed. All they were told is that “this can be bad.”

The body’s way of stopping injured blood vessels from bleeding is called hemostasis. This includes clotting of the blood, but too much clotting can block blood vessels that are not bleeding. The body has control mechanisms that will limit clotting and dissolve clots that are no longer needed. If there …read more