Hemostasis

Hemostasis or haemostasis is a process to prevent and stop bleeding, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage). The blood could have problems with carrying out thus clotting process because of drugs (vitamin K for example) and certain conditions, like haemophilia or Von Willebrand disease.

It is the first stage of wound healing. This involves coagulation, blood changing from a liquid to a gel. Intact blood vessels are important to moderating blood's tendency to form clots.

The word hemostasis (/ˌhiːmoʊˈsteɪsɪs/, sometimes /ˌhiːˈmɒstəsɪs/) uses the combining forms hemo- and -stasis, New Latin from Ancient Greek αἱμο- haimo- (akin to αἷμα haîma), "blood", and στάσις stásis, "stasis", yielding "motionlessness or stopping of blood".

References

  1. ↑ Mikhail, Sameh; Kouides, Peter (December 2010). "von Willebrand Disease in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population". Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology. 23 (6): S3–S10. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2010.08.005. PMID 20934894.
  2. ↑ "Hemostasis". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
  3. ↑ "hemostasis". Oxford Dictionaries UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2016-01-21.