Blood Thinner Medication & Hijama/Wet Cupping Therapy

Patients with blood thinner medications can perform Hijama cupping therapy with a few precautions.

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What Are Blood Thinner?

Blood thinners can be lifesaving medicines that prevent blood from composing bigger clots. These medicines can not dissolve huge clots that are already formed but they stop the blood from making more bigger clots. Blood should be thin enough to flow smoothly through the veins and arteries. Blood thinners should be consumed as directed, taking less medicine won’t be as effective as required and too much can lead to heavy bleeding in case of injury.

Two Categories Of Blood Thinner Medicine

There are two categories of blood thinners: anticoagulants that slow the formatting of clots from getting bigger and antiplatelets that keep the proteins from sticking in the blood and aid the blood from clotting.

Why Doctors Recommend Blood Thinners

The doctors prescribe these medicines to those people who have:

• Risk of heart attack or stroke
• Irregular heartbeats
• Deep vein thrombosis