between pro-coagulant forces and anticoagulant and fibrinolytic forces). Insufficient clotting or excessive clotting, in fact, can give rise to equally serious and dangerous consequences. In the first case there may be an excessive loss of blood even for small wounds, in the second case, however, one can witness the formation of clots even when not necessary and in areas where the intervention of the coagulation process would not be necessary (formation of thrombus), resulting in obstruction of the vessel and danger of clot detachment (thrombosis).
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in place, such as:
- Vascular factors;
- Intervention of platelets (a particular type of blood cell);
- Intervention of the coagulation factors (these are the "main actors" of what is defined as the "coagulation cascade").
The first two points will be briefly illustrated below, while the next chapter will be dedicated to the last point.
