Response to bleeding

Peralta Landín Luz Diamante

INTRODUCTION
When tissue is damaged, the body follows certain mechanisms to heal the damage; in the
case of bleeding, the body resorts to hemostasis, which is the body's ability to maintain
blood in the blood vessels at the time of injury. Bleeding is the loss of blood, the causes of
which can range from small cuts and abrasions, for example a scrape, to deep cuts and
amputations such as a knife wound. Bodily injuries can also cause internal bleeding, which
can be minor or massive.
DEVELOPMENT
Bleeding is a result of tissue damage in the body, so the body responds with a series of
organic functions that act as a defense mechanism against it, it means, hemostasis.
Hemostasis begins with muscle spasm in which the muscle, in order to protect itself,
contracts, thus producing joint stiffness, followed by 2 stages, platelet plug formation and
coagulation. First, the platelet plug is formed because platelets (blood components)
accumulate in the damaged area, thus decreasing blood flow and causing bleeding
control. Then, because the platelet plug, coagulation occurs. The coagulation process is
due to the initiation of several chemical reactions that convert fibrinogen, which is a
soluble protein, into fibrin of an insoluble nature, thus forming the structure of the clot. As
a result of this process, the tissues regenerate, hence the affected area heals
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the human body is so well organized and autonomous that when an injury
occurs we have or has its own mechanisms to heal itself, for instance hemostasis, of
course when they are more serious injuries we need medical attention, but if it is because
of something of lower priority the body itself heals and stays in a good condition. All the
processes and reactions that occur internally are due to the body's own mechanisms, that
is why we can say that "the body is the perfect machine".
https://centromedicoabc.com/procedimientos/hemostasia/
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/bleeding