Aspirin thins your blood so you'd be likely to get a blood clot.
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low dose aspirin and heart attacks?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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ASA has only been shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks in those who have established heart disease, in particular those who have already had a heart attack
There is no evidence to support the routine use of ASA as a "preventative" if you don't meet the above criteria. And the dose is once daily in any case, not twice a day. It acts to prevent clots by inhibiting platelets from sticking to each other....so, it does increase your risk of bleeding. Everything in medicine is weighed as a risk vs benefit.
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EDIT Kettra Amenth
You should have stopped after "I don't know", because that was the most accurate statement you made.
Blood type (A, B, O) has nothing whatsoever to do with how "thick or thin" it is, or how it responds to ASA. That is nonsense.
Hawthorn berries may cause cardiac arrythmias, nausea, low blood pressure, sweating, rashes or generalized fatigue.
Your advice is both wrong, and dangerous.
Please don't give out medical advice when you don't know what you are talking about.Posted 1 year ago # -
No, in short, the risk/benefit ratio is against routine use in people without existing heart disease. People shouldn't routinely take aspirin to thin the blood unless they have been told to by their Doctor. It can cause GI bleeding and other problems, negating any cardiovascular benefits and for this reason studies do not support the use of routine aspirin in otherwise healthy people who may take it as a platelet aggregation inhibitor to prevent heart attacks.
If you have had an MI/stenting or have other cardiovascular risk factors, your GP may advise you to take it because the risk/benefit ratio would be in your favour. In this situation, daily aspirin is very beneficial and has been shown to reduce the risk of further MIs, etc.
In actual answer to your question, no, thats not true in otherwise healthy people.
Posted 1 year ago # -
No, I don't think so. They may just want you to keep taking it... I don't know. But aspirin helps because it makes your blood flow easier. If you are O blood type, BE CAREFUL you blood is not thick and does not need tinning as much - maybe 1 time a day aspirin would be good. B blood is thick and might need double dose. Anyway a very good herb with NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL called Hawthorn Berries is very beneficial for your heart you may want to try it. Good luck!
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