An anticoagulant is a medication that helps prevent blood from clotting, or coagulating. Coagulation is when blood cells clump together to form a blood clot, which seals a break or cut in a blood vessel or in the skin. While this is usually a good thing, sometimes these clots can break loose inside a blood vessel and block the flow of blood. This can lead to problems such as stroke. Anticoagulants help prevent these types of clots from forming, and they are often taken by people who are at high... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health, 2022. 3p.