CANNABIS FOR BLOOD CLOTS

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If a blood clot forms it may block blood flow to a part of the body.  This may cause serious problems such as stroke (a blood clot in the brain) or heart attack (a blood clot in the heart). People who smoke or drink alcohol increase their risk of developing a blood clot.
Many people with essential thrombocythemia have no signs or symptoms.  The first indication you have to the disorder may be the development of a blood clot (thrombus).  Although clots can develop anywhere in your body, with ET, they occur most often in your brain, hands and feet.

Signs and symptoms depend on where the clot forms.  They include:

1. • Headache
2. • Dizziness or lightheadedness
3. • Chest pain
4. • Weakness
5. • Fainting
6. • Temporary vision changes
7. • Numbness or tingling of the hands and feet
8. • Redness, throbbing and burning pain in the hands and feet (erythromelalgia)
9. • Mildly enlarged spleen

Lifestyle and home remedies

Take extra care to reduce your risk of developing blood clots if you have essential thrombocythemia.  Healthy lifestyle habits can lower your risk of developing conditions that may contribute to blood clotting.  These conditions include diabetes, high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.  Take steps to:

• • Eat healthy foods.  Choose a varied diet rich in whole grains, vegetables and fruits and low in saturated fats.  Try to avoid trans fats.   Portion control to maintain a normal weight.
• • Increase your physical activity.  Aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a day.  Take a brisk daily walk.  Ride your bike.  Swim laps.  If you can not fit in a long workout, break it up into smaller sessions spread throughout the day
• • Achieve or maintain normal weight.  Being overweight or obese increases the pressure in the veins in your pelvis and legs and is a risk factor for conditions such as high blood pressure, which increases your risk of blood clotting.
• • Stop smoking.  Smoking cigarettes affects blood clotting and circulation.

TREATMENT: Medical Marijuana

Use organically grown medical marijuana.  An indica x hybrid—made into a (whole plant extract) tincture.

Taken under the tongue (1-2 drops) twice a day. 

 Medical marijuana:

• anti-inflammatory properties
• cannabinoids stop the growth of certain cancer cells
• anti-stress properties
• anti-microbial properties
• relieves hypertension
• relieves burning hands and feet
• relieves numbness and tingling