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Lack of fluid in the body leads to a decrease in the volume of blood plasma, its thickening and an increased risk of blood clots.
MOSCOW, September 23 - RIA Novosti. Drinking less than 1.5 liters of clean water per day increases the risk of developing thrombosis, said Albina Razakhanova, a surgeon at the Krasnogorsk Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region.
“When the body lacks fluid, the volume of blood plasma decreases, it becomes thicker and more viscous - the risk of blood clots increases. Dehydration is especially dangerous in combination with other factors: in the heat, when flying, when playing sports, when drinking alcohol,” Razakhanova told NEWS.ru.

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