Then little cell fragments called platelets gather at the site of the injury, creating a plug that dams the breech and keeps the blood from leaking further.
Imagine tiny robots navigating the bloodstream, repairing damaged tissues, or clearing blockages--this might sound like science fiction, but with nanotechnology, it's inching closer to reality.
The clever solution they used was to freeze the oil using liquid nitrogen, which is usually around -200C or -320F, creating solid plugs on either end of the section to be repaired.
Aspirin may help someone who is having a heart attack caused by a blockage in a blood vessel. Aspirin thins the blood, so the blood may be able to flow past the blockage.
They sent us to another hospital where we handed him over to a surgeon who took him back for an operation to open up his intestine and clear out a blockage and then put his intestine back together.