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Asprin ,Heart Attacks And Strokes.
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Asprin, heart attacks and strokes.
Asprin makes platelets less sticky and may prevent the formation of a clot.....it is an anticoagulant and stops the blood clotting.
Heart attacks are invariably due to clots and prophylactic Asprin may reduce the frequency and severity of heart attacks.
Strokes are due 75% to clots BUT 25% to.......bleeds.
Now, aspirin as a preventative has gone out of fashion by most Cardiologists in the U.K and by almost all Cardiologists in the U.S due to the fact that if a stroke is caused by a bleed, then the aspirin will make the bleeding worse......so by and large it is no to prophylactic aspirin.
As for the usefulness of aspirin in a heart attack......I wouldn't bother as most areas in the UK will be well served by non invasive coronary artery stent insertions.
I hope that summary helps.
Asprin makes platelets less sticky and may prevent the formation of a clot.....it is an anticoagulant and stops the blood clotting.
Heart attacks are invariably due to clots and prophylactic Asprin may reduce the frequency and severity of heart attacks.
Strokes are due 75% to clots BUT 25% to.......bleeds.
Now, aspirin as a preventative has gone out of fashion by most Cardiologists in the U.K and by almost all Cardiologists in the U.S due to the fact that if a stroke is caused by a bleed, then the aspirin will make the bleeding worse......so by and large it is no to prophylactic aspirin.
As for the usefulness of aspirin in a heart attack......I wouldn't bother as most areas in the UK will be well served by non invasive coronary artery stent insertions.
I hope that summary helps.
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Thank you sqad :-) So why is it also so out of favour as a standard painkiller? Paracetamol has never worked for me and before ibuprofen came along I always used aspirin. It was almost a cure-all, apart from easing pain and reducing fever it is also (for some reason) an aid to relaxation and sleep when stressy - well it is for me and it was for my mother also.
cloppy plus aspirin - you bleed like baggery innit?
My neighbours identical twin had an occipital stroke and was put on cloppy - and I said the identical twin should be on it, innit
and the GP said - good call - and I got a gold star for my fridge
(20% concordance which I thought was low)
this is ya-ya OK - I am not gonna stop my rivaroxaban and the twin isnt gonna forego his cloppy ( as a result of AB and its physicianly prognostications ) - just chit chat
My neighbours identical twin had an occipital stroke and was put on cloppy - and I said the identical twin should be on it, innit
and the GP said - good call - and I got a gold star for my fridge
(20% concordance which I thought was low)
this is ya-ya OK - I am not gonna stop my rivaroxaban and the twin isnt gonna forego his cloppy ( as a result of AB and its physicianly prognostications ) - just chit chat
Rather than relying on medical 'fashion', I prefer a medical practioner who takes a 'whole body' approach. A patient with congestive heart failure but very little atherosclerosis might well be helped by regular 'preventive' aspirin.
Human medicine, IMHO, is a place for well-qualified personnel who know where and when to use 'standard' solutions and when to look beyond them.
Human medicine, IMHO, is a place for well-qualified personnel who know where and when to use 'standard' solutions and when to look beyond them.
Prudie.....Asprin....no problem if it works and doesn't upset you in any way, but it does have a propensity for irritating the stomach lining causing pain, gastritis and maybe bleeding.
If you are not having any problems with asprin as a painkiller, then go ahead and continue.
PP.....of course and yes, yes, the website.
If you are not having any problems with asprin as a painkiller, then go ahead and continue.
PP.....of course and yes, yes, the website.
yeah agree sqad too
re children, aspirin and Reyes I remember from the 70s when we had cases in NYC after a measles and chicken pox outbreak amongst unvaccinated kids
forget reyes
in the 80s it occurred to the paeds that it wasnt only post viral but that there was a genetic predisposition in those kids who were gonna get it - as in normal kid then dead shock
lets forget about it
BUT - as far as I am concerned it had a marked effect on sales in adults - think covid vacc
re children, aspirin and Reyes I remember from the 70s when we had cases in NYC after a measles and chicken pox outbreak amongst unvaccinated kids
forget reyes
in the 80s it occurred to the paeds that it wasnt only post viral but that there was a genetic predisposition in those kids who were gonna get it - as in normal kid then dead shock
lets forget about it
BUT - as far as I am concerned it had a marked effect on sales in adults - think covid vacc
Thanks, Sqad, all very interesting. OH (88) had a triple-bypass in 2000 and when we lived in France he was prescribed a daily tablet containing both aspirin and a statin - Pravadual - but when we came to the UK, this was unavailable and now he just has the statin. You've just cleared up the mystery of 'why?'. Again, thanks. I usually keep aspirin handy 'just in case' but it seems I can relax on that as well.
