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A woman who ate the same fruit every day in the USA nearly lost her leg due to a dangerous blood clot.
USAThere is a news that proves the saying ‘excess of everything is harmful’.
Emergency doctors in Olympia, on the US Pacific coast, were faced with an extremely rare case.
REVEALED BY ULTRASOUND SCAN
After an ultrasound scan, it was discovered that a 42-year-old female patient had a large clot blocking the veins of her left leg.
First responders to the woman, who was at risk of gangrene, gave a clot-dissolving drug directly into the blockage and saved the woman’s leg.
The way the clot is formed is world famous. science was the subject of research by the Lancet.
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THE CAUSE IS OVER CONSUMPTION OF GRAPEFRUIT
According to the news in the British Express newspaper, the clot occurred due to the woman’s excessive consumption of grapefruit.
According to research, Grapefruit juice, by blocking the action of an enzyme called CYP3A4, which breaks down the birth control hormone estrogen, increased coagulation levels, that is, the blood’s tendency to clot.
THE RISK INCREASES FROM DAY 3
Grapefruit juice breaks down very slowly, which means it has a cumulative effect when consumed daily.
Thus, starting from the third day, the patient’s estrogen levels increase many times over normal and cause an increased risk of clots.
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