A 37-year-old member asked:

what causes a bloot clot? what exactly is happening?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

Endocrinology 57 years experience

Blood clot: Go to wikipedia. Great pictures and cannot give good answer in only 400 spaces. Or better yet go to uptodate.com

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