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sticky blood

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.”

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

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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