These 3 simple life hacks will save you from blood clots with COVID-19: the doctor advises

One of the risks of coronavirus is the development of thrombosis. Blood clots occur when platelets stick together and form a platelet plug. These plugs can come off at any time and block a vital vessel. For example, the pulmonary and cardiac arteries, which can lead to death. What needs to be done so that during COVID-19 blood clots do not stick together and thrombosis does not form, said cardiologists Yekaterina Amosova and Irina Prorochenko.

1. Moving

On the one hand, the first thing that doctors recommend for any acute respiratory disease is home treatment. But attention: home - does not mean bed. If you feel okay, don't lie in bed all day. Because it is movement that is the best prevention of blood thickening.

“When we lie down all the time, the muscles of the lower extremities do not work, which push the blood and facilitate its movement from the veins to the right parts of the heart”,

- explains Ekaterina Amosova.

If the state is such that there is no time for movement, then, of course, we observe bed rest. But at the same time, do not lie in a layer either. Periodically, the legs can be lifted, bent and unbend. Place pillows under your feet so that your lower limbs are higher than your head. Roll over on your stomach (by the way, this is good for the lungs, prevents stagnation from forming there, increases saturation).

2. Drinking plenty of fluids

A lack of fluid leads to thick blood. And it can easily occur at high temperatures. Therefore, be sure to watch out for dehydration during the coronavirus.

"The higher the temperature, the more you should drink",

- says Ekaterina Amosova.

At the same time, it is important that approximately the same amount of liquid comes out of you as it enters. If, with plenty of drinking, there is little urine, edema and overload of the heart may occur.

Important! If you have cardiovascular diseases, the cardiologist must calculate the maximum fluid you drink so that there is no heavy load on the heart.

3. Taking anticoagulants

These are drugs that thin the blood. But in no case should you start taking them on your own, because “the neighbor advised” or read such a recommendation on the Internet.

“Anticoagulants can cause bleeding. And if a person also has high blood pressure, they can cause a stroke. Therefore, you need to be very careful with these medicines, take them under the supervision of a doctor, ”

the troll of a doctor, ”advises Iryna Prorochenko.

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