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Fish oil is a blood thinner that doesn't help broken eye vessels. is carrot juice also a blood thinner that doesn't help broken eye vessels to heal?

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Neither do: Fish oil does prolong bleeding time but not significantly, unless used in high doses usually combined with other anticoagulants like aspirin. Carrot juice, a good source of beta carotene, insignificantly affects bleeding time. Now, your broken eye vessels would not be expected to heal faster with the above, but may slightly increase bruising occurrence, particularly with subconjunctival hemorrhage

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

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None are : Dominant basis for viscosity (thickness) of blood is stickiness between RBCs due to surface glycoprotein groups on red blood cell membranes. Becoming anemic ↓es blood viscosity; but not healthy. None of the agents commonly referred to as "thinners" ↓ viscosity. What do they do? Either ↓ clotting &/or ↑ rate of clot degradation inside vessels; thus anticlotting agents. Problems? They ↑ bleeding,

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