• April 23, 2024

The state of health of Miguel Calero , former goalkeeper of the soccer team Pachuca, is delicate but stable, after having suffered a cerebral thrombosis of the internal carotid artery on the right side.

According to vascular neurosurgeon, Edgar Nathal says that the causes of cerebral thrombosis that impacted the health of the Pachuca Club goalkeeping technical director are still unknown; however, it is presumed that it could suffer from hypercoagulability.

The doctor explains in a statement released by the Pachuca Football Club, that the 41-year-old former goalkeeper underwent a catheterization to remove the obstruction of the artery and restore blood flow.

On the other hand, in an interview GetQoralHealth , the neurologist, Alejandro Gutiérrez explains what is a cerebral thrombosis, as well as its causes and treatment:

History of thrombosis

Miguel Calero He already has a history of thrombosis, since in 2007, the former archer was operated on in a hospital in the United States due to a venous obstruction in his left arm.

After these two antecedents, some doctors of the hospital where he is treated assure that the problem of Miguel Calero could be a hypercoagulability , that is, your body forms clots in excess since your body does not have enough proteins to control a normal blood flow.

According to data from the medical magazine of Chile Scielo , the hypercoagulability It has many causes, however, the most common are the genetic deficiencies of endogenous coagulation inhibitors called protein C, S and antithrombin III.

Specialists say that one way to control this condition is through drugs that help thin the blood, which prevents the formation of blood clots in the body.

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