The world celebrates Thrombosis Day
Friday, October 11, 2019
A German physician, pathologist, biologist and anthropologist, Virchow developed the concept of “thrombosis” and advanced our understanding of this condition. International Society for Thromobosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) introduced World Thrombosis Day October13 in 2014.
One in four people worldwide are dying from conditions caused by thrombosis. It’s a startling fact that up to 900, 000 people in the United States alone are affected by blood clots each year, about 100,000 of those people will die, which is greater than the total number of people who lose their lives each year to AIDS, breast cancer, and motor vehicle crashes combined. Thrombosis does not discriminate. Clots can affect anyone regardless of location, age, ethnicity or race.
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