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If you've been having periods for any amount of time, you've probably already had a run-in with a blood clot. If you don't know what I'm talking about, well, lucky you. Please allow me to draw you a word picture: Period blood clots are thick, jelly-like, bright or dark red blobs of chunky blood.. They can pop up on our pads or tampons, or otherwise be expelled during our heaviest flows, and it's hard to not get freaked out when you see one.
The strands of fibrin form a meshwork and trap blood cells and platelets which form into a solid clot. If a blood clot forms within a healthy blood vessel it can cause serious problems. So, there are also chemicals in the blood that prevent clots from forming and chemicals that 'dissolve' clots.There is balance between forming clots and preventing clots.lotting disorders. Sometimes a blood clot forms within a blood vessel that has not been injured or cut-for example: 1  A blood clot that forms within an artery supplying blood to the heart or brain is the common cause of heart attack and stroke.