Understanding these conditions can help explain many symptoms, and treating them can lead to improvement - even recovery.
Thick blood is the result of fibrin being deposited in the small blood vessels.
Fibrin formation is the last step in the clotting process that protects us when blood vessels are cut. Normally, long strands of fibrin weave a mesh around platelets and blood cells to form a clot that plugs the break in the wall of a vessel. A very complex series of reactions activate the clotting process. However, in CFS, FMS, MPS and other chronic conditions, continuous generation of low levels of thrombin can occur. Genetic coagulation defects can lead to hypercoagulation.