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I just came across this study on erythrocyte aggregation / rouleaux, which says that when red blood cells aggregate into rouleaux formations, this can affect blood flow through tiny capillaries:
Fibrinogen is the most important factor in the blood which causes rouleaux formation. Thus in order to reduce rouleaux, we need to reduce blood fibrinogen levels. This can be done in the following ways:
Nattokinase reduces fibrinogen by 7%. Ref: 1
This review (full paper here) has a lot of info on fibrinogen inhibitors, and their effects on fibrinogen levels in various diseases: the fibrate drugs bezafibrate, fenofibrate, clofibrate and ciprofibrate reduce fibrinogen by around 10% to 30%. Ticlopidine reduces fibrinogen by 11% to 17%. Garlic reduces fibrinogen. Moderate alcohol consumption lowers fibrinogen levels. Studies on the effect of fish oil on fibrinogen have been contradictory. Smoking increases fibrinogen levels by around 10%. Stress increases fibrinogen.
Apparently red light therapy applied intranasally can have a strong effect in reducing rouleaux formation. See these articles:
Lower Your Blood Viscosity With VieLight (the VieLight device is discussed on this thread).
Why Blood Cells Should Be Free of Aggregration II – Mediclights Research
Lowering high blood pressure naturally through intranasal light therapy (red light of 630 nm wavelength used)
Here is a microscope picture I took of my own blood in May 2016; as you can see there are a lot of rouleaux (the long lines of disc-shaped red blood cells all stuck together):
Rouleaux Formations In My Blood
So possibly these rouleaux in my blood could be impeding blood flow in the small capillaries, and thus reducing oxygen delivery in the tissues of the body and brain.
This paper says that:
So I guess my blood sample may show I have a lot of inflammation going on.
RBC aggregation is generally known to increase microvascular flow resistance and consequently reduce blood perfusion to the organs. An extended lack of perfusion over time causes capillaries to become dysfunctional, a first stage towards ischemia.
Fibrinogen is the most important factor in the blood which causes rouleaux formation. Thus in order to reduce rouleaux, we need to reduce blood fibrinogen levels. This can be done in the following ways:
Nattokinase reduces fibrinogen by 7%. Ref: 1
This review (full paper here) has a lot of info on fibrinogen inhibitors, and their effects on fibrinogen levels in various diseases: the fibrate drugs bezafibrate, fenofibrate, clofibrate and ciprofibrate reduce fibrinogen by around 10% to 30%. Ticlopidine reduces fibrinogen by 11% to 17%. Garlic reduces fibrinogen. Moderate alcohol consumption lowers fibrinogen levels. Studies on the effect of fish oil on fibrinogen have been contradictory. Smoking increases fibrinogen levels by around 10%. Stress increases fibrinogen.
Apparently red light therapy applied intranasally can have a strong effect in reducing rouleaux formation. See these articles:
Lower Your Blood Viscosity With VieLight (the VieLight device is discussed on this thread).
Why Blood Cells Should Be Free of Aggregration II – Mediclights Research
Lowering high blood pressure naturally through intranasal light therapy (red light of 630 nm wavelength used)
Here is a microscope picture I took of my own blood in May 2016; as you can see there are a lot of rouleaux (the long lines of disc-shaped red blood cells all stuck together):
Rouleaux Formations In My Blood
So possibly these rouleaux in my blood could be impeding blood flow in the small capillaries, and thus reducing oxygen delivery in the tissues of the body and brain.
This paper says that:
The extent of red blood cell (RBC) aggregation has widely been accepted as a reliable indicator of inflammatory processes.
So I guess my blood sample may show I have a lot of inflammation going on.