was told at hospital i have sticky blood?

Question

when i saw my doctor today he said he didnt know what that meant and has given me 2 weeks off work for stress whats going on

Answer 1

that sounds not good whatever it is i would ring him... better to know about your own body !!

Answer 2

Get another doctor!. In the meantime drink LOTS of water, eat loads of garlic and take 1/2 an aspirin each day. (Unless you have stomach problems in which case forget the aspirin).
Dont smoke either.

'Sticky' blood can be caused by dehydration, but normally by an excess of the 'clotting' agents, that create a 'scab' and stop the bleeding when you cut yourself. The blood is supposed to flow freely inside the body, if its not then it can damage the heart through over exertion.

Get this sorted quickly!

Answer 3

Maybe your blood platelets are stickier than usual. Raw crushed garlic makes the blood flow a lot better. I sometimes crush two segments of fresh garlic and spread them on a sandwich. It's a bit hot but I enjoy it. Sometimes I spread humous on it too.

Answer 4

The stickier, or more viscous, a man's blood is, the greater his risk of developing the kind of blood vessel damage that can eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke, a study published in tomorrow’s issue of Circulation.

The increased risk does not hold true for women -- which may shed light on why males tend to develop heart disease and suffer strokes at a younger age than females, said lead author Amanda Lee, Ph.D., research statistician at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland.


The study is the first to link blood stickiness to the early development of atherosclerosis, which results from the build-up of cholesterol, fats and biological debris in the tissue lining the inside of blood vessels. This build-up can obstruct blood flow to the heart and brain and thereby cause a heart attack or stroke.


The researchers cannot explain the lack of correlation between blood viscosity and blood vessel-wall thickening in women. They do, however, have several hypotheses.


A number of risk factors contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and an interaction may be required among these risk factors to cause the blood vessel damage that occurs in men. One interaction may involve cigarette smoking, which is greater in men than women. A more likely explanation, however, is that blood viscosity has a different effect in men than women, which accounts for its role in early blood vessel damage, Lee said.


Blood viscosity may act differently in the two sexes because of differences in speed of the blood as it courses through vessels and subtle differences between the two sexes in the geometry, or shape, of blood vessels, she said. A higher blood velocity in men, coupled with greater viscosity, cigarette smoking and blood pressure, may create greater sheer stress that does more damage in men than in women to the one-cell-thick inner lining of blood vessel walls.

Answer 5

For the love of God, please get some qualified medical advice. Your health is a higher priority than attracting all sorts of dimwit diagnoses from unqualified people on an internet site.
Spend the two weeks sicky finding out what ails you.

Answer 6

I'm not sure of this strange expression.but what were ur symptoms exactly????
what made them tell u have sticky blood?
maybe they mean u have high viscosity in ur blood,
which means u may have high level of platlets.or dehydrated due to vomitting or diarrhea....
if it's it...then drink a lot of water.

Answer 7

Coagulation trouble.

Coagulation is the process that makes blood thick when there is an hemorrhage going on to make it stop. Yours seems to be too active.

Answer 8

Maybe you don´t drink enough every day. Drink at least two litres of fluid a day, or even up to three if it is hot, to dilute your blood.

Answer 9

It means that it could clot easier..best ask advise again from the doc.