This is some information on it, meanwhile I am only
posting this as an educative measure because i don’t understand why people are
so curious about cause of death when we shall all die. DVT is DEEP VEIN
THROMBOSIS. Meaning a blood clot in the large veins in the thighs or the lower
leg when for any reasons such clots break loose, they may travel to any part of
the body such as the brain, lungs or heart. Where ever they hit, they'll block
off oxygen from getting through. If it hits the brain for example, it will lead
to cerebral ischemia, whereby brain cells die very quickly and of course, we
are facing massive stroke in such patients. Where clinical intervention is not
rapid, death follows rapidly.
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When such clots hit the lungs, we say such patients
threw a P/E. Pulmonary embolism. Lungs got occluded, starved of oxygen and
oxygenated blood and of course Death within a short while. Same thing for the
clot in the heart, this syndrome is peculiar to older people, but can hit
younger people too. Those who are genetically disposed to it, those who smoke
or who are on birth control pills or estrogen for menopausal syndrome are
susceptible to it. Also, those who are couch potato or immobile are prone to
DVT. Reading the news about her death, I had suspected it was DVT. My candid
advise is for long distance travellers to take 81mg of Aspirin before boarding
and to do leg exercise if they can't move about in the plane . Aspirin is a
blood thinner. I will rather risk the temporary discomfort of Ulcer than a DVT.
Besides, the 81mg is a baby aspirin. It could have saved her life. People
should encourage doctors to do their CBC and Pt/ Ptt and the dimer test to see
if they are prone to this syndrome. May God rest her soul! Please share! You
may save a life.
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