Diabetes D-dimer
The d-dimer test measures the amount of a protein called “fibrin d-dimer” in the blood. 1 fibrin d-dimer is produced whenever fibrin (a protein that is the chief component of a blood clot), is being actively degraded somewhere within the vascular system. blood clotting is an extremely complex process. it involves the activation of a series of circulating proteins (called the coagulation factors, or clotting factors) that eventually produce long strands of fibrin. the “finished” blood clot is made up mainly of a tangle of fibrin strands, together with blood platelets that become trapped within the fibrin mass. a blood clot typically forms in order to prevent the leakage of blood (hemorrhage) from a damaged blood vessel. the clot plugs the leak. however, whenever a blood clot forms it is important that its size is limited to prevent it from completely blocking the blood vessel it’s trying to repair. so, an intrinsic part of blood clot formationis a second process aimed at limiting its D...