Disease States Involving Disturbances of Haemostasis. Normal Human Haemostatic Mechanisms Haemostasis is the control of blood loss from the circulation, involving a number of separate events including coagulation. The process is as follows: 1. Vasoconstriction (Vasospasm). When the initial injury occurs to a blood vessel, it constricts with enough intensity to close the vessel. It occurs as the result of 2 separate mechanisms: a) local reflexes of the nervous system. b) biochemical- serotonin and epinephrine are released …showed first 75 words of 2179 total…

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