• cybersandwich@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It probably means he’s on blood thinners. You’ll bleed like you cut an artery even with a tiny nick.

    So he probably had a tiny cut that just bleed a lot because of blood thinners.

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        3 months ago

        So he’s probably off them to let it heal fast and back on. If it’s just a nick, a day off doesn’t sound too drastic.

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          3 months ago

          When your a 90 year old turd with a steady diet of trash, not taking blood thinners for a day might be your last day.

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          Most blood thinners work for 7 days after you stop taking them because that’s how long thrombocytes live in your bloodstream.

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          3 months ago

          When your veins and arteries are lined with years’ worth of fast food grease, it could be pretty drastic actually

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      3 months ago

      My thoughts exactly. I was on them for a time and I’d bleed FOREVER if I cut myself shaving. That’s when I learned about styptic pencils and alum blocks.

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      3 months ago

      the ear is also mostly cartilage, so i wouldnt be surprised if there was a lot of blood flowing through them constantly, especially at the very top of the ear where he was grazed. Very well could still be on blood thinners, but i think i would just expect the ear to bleed pretty aggressively in some cases.