sticky blood

noun

a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting

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She told Inside Health: "Quite honestly, in a very long career, I've never seen any group of patients with such sticky blood."

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In COVID-19 patients with obesity, Hunt says, “You’ve got such sticky blood, oh my—the stickiest blood I have ever seen in all my years of practice.”

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The strokes may be caused by extremely sticky blood found in coronavirus patients that can cause blood clots.

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And Covid-19 creates incredibly thick sticky blood in seriously ill patients.

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"And yes sticky blood is contributing to high mortality rates," she says.

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