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2. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Any blood clot forms due to an imbalance between coagulation (the formation of the insoluble blood protein fibrin) and fibrinolysis. The three major mechanisms for such an imbalance are enumerated in Virchow's triad: alterations in normal blood flow, injury to the blood vessel wall, and alterations in the constitution of blood (hypercoagulability).

3. Carotid artery dissection - Wikipedia

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   The carotid arteries are major blood vessels in the neck that branch into smaller vessels called the external and internal carotid arteries. [3] In carotid artery dissection, a tear in the arterial wall allows blood to flow between the layers of the artery, leading to potential narrowing, reduced blood flow, or clot formation, which may cause a ...

4. Vertebral artery dissection - Wikipedia

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   Vertebral artery dissection is one of the two types of cervical artery dissection.The other type, carotid artery dissection, involves the carotid arteries.Vertebral artery dissection is further classified as being either traumatic (caused by mechanical trauma to the neck) or spontaneous, and it may also be classified by the part of the artery involved: extracranial (the part outside the skull ...

5. What a Blood Clot Feels Like, According to Doctors - AOL

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   Different types of blood clots bring different kinds of symptoms. Doctors explain what you might experience if you have a blood clot. What a Blood Clot Feels Like, According to Doctors

6. Thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Thrombosis (from Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis) 'clotting') is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel (a vein or an artery) is injured, the body uses platelets (thrombocytes) and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss ...

7. Can you really die from a hickey? - AOL

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   The physicians who wrote up her report described the incident as "an uncommon mode of blunt trauma" to the neck and carotid artery. Blood clots in veins don't typically cause strokes, but they can ...