Does Coronavirus Cause Blood Clots? Doctors Explain the Life-Threatening Complication
, a potentially life-threatening condition that happens when a part of a blood clot breaks off and travels to the lungs. Overall, 31% of the patients had some kind of clotting complication, which researchers noted was “remarkably high” for patients in the ICU.
This all raises some major questions—namely, how can a respiratory virus cause blood clotting? Here’s what doctors know so far.Clotting is a totally normal and protective process. If you get hurt, your body forms a blood clot to stop the bleeding, per the. Once the bleeding stops, your body usually breaks down the clot and removes it.
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