Yaz Lawsuit 2010 News
Women affected by Ocella, Yasmin and Yaz problems continue to look at their legal options including filing a Yaz lawsuit. Yasmin side effects involving blood clots can form in the superficial or deep veins. The significance of the latter is far greater than the former. Clots in the superficial veins rarely cause serious problems because they usually remain attached to the venous lining. Over time, most of them dissolve. Clots in the deep veins – a condition known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) – can damage the blood vessels and one-way valves that regulate the direction in which your blood flows. They can also cause pulmonary embolism, stroke, and heart attack, among other dangerous Yasmin, Ocella and Yaz side effects.
Below, you’ll learn how clots form as a product of your body’s natural clotting system. This process will demonstrate why blood clots are especially problematic. If you have suffered from side effects please contact us for the latest Yaz lawsuit 2010 news.
Basics Of Normal Clot Formation
Blood flows from your superficial veins into your deep veins through connecting perforating veins. It then flows from your deep veins into a large vein called the vena cava. The vena cava leads directly to your heart. Blood flows into the right side of your heart, and then to your lungs before being pumped out to the rest of your body. It travels through your arteries to your organs and tissues.
When a vein or artery become traumatized, bleeding occurs. Your body reacts to the problem by forming a clot. It does so by activating platelets and thrombin, both of which are essential to the body’s clotting system.
Platelets roam throughout your bloodstream looking for injuries. When such injuries occur, your body activates these platelets, causing them to accumulate and clump together at the site of the trauma. At the same time, your body activates a protein called thrombin. This protein is instrumental in converting a “glycoprotein” called fibrinogen into fibrin. Fibrin forms a protective mesh with the activated platelets over the injury.
When the traumatized wall of the blood vessel has been repaired, your body initiates a process called fibrinolysis. The activated platelets are deactivated, allowing them to disperse from the site of the trauma. An enzyme called plasmin then begins to digest the mesh of fibrin. Thus, the clot eventually “dissolves.”
How Yaz And Blood Clots Are Treated
Blood clots form outside the body’s normal clotting system. This is due to the hormone estrogen – a known factor in hypercoagulation – and a relatively new synthetic progestin called drospirenone. It is believed that estrogen increases the number of platelets in your bloodstream, and their tendency to clump together. Progestins, such as drospirenone, allow the blood vessels to relax, thereby increasing the risk of pooling. Because these clots form in the absence of a venous or arterial injury, they are not sufficiently dissolved through fibrinolysis.
Medications can be given to treat abnormal clots. Some drugs, such as anticoagulants, are aimed at preventing the conversion of fibrinogen into fibrin. Others, such as antiplatelets, are aimed at minimizing the sticky quality of platelets, and thus prevent them from clumping. Both anticoagulants and antiplatelets are designed to slow the pace of clotting, as opposed to eliminating clots that already exist.
Thrombolytic drugs, such as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), are given to initiate the conversion of plasminogen into plasmin. Recall that plasmin digests fibrin, the mesh that forms over wounds to create clots.
Complications From Abnormal Clotting
Treatment of Yaz problems and blood clots is done to prevent the onset of serious – and even life-threatening – medical problems. Earlier, it was noted that deep vein thrombosis can lead to venous valve insufficiency, pulmonary embolism, stroke, and heart attack. This can occur when clots break free of the venous lining and travel to the heart through the vena cava.
If they migrate into the arteries of the lungs, they can cause a pulmonary embolism. If an pulmonary arterial blockage causes blood pressure to rise, your heart may be forced to work harder to pump blood to the lungs. This can lead to heart failure or an arrhythmia, such as atrial fibrillation. This latter condition may cause blood clots to form in the left side of your heart. If they leave through the aorta, they can travel to your brain and cause a stroke.
Blood clots pose serious risks. If you have suffered abnormal clotting, DVT, or other Yaz side effects, you may have the right to file a claim for compensation. Contact a Yasmin lawsuit attorney to discuss your options.