Re: Very Slow Leaks.

On Wed, 07 May 2025 20:44:02 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On Tue May 6 11:31:53 2025 Jeff Liebermann  wrote:

On Tue, 6 May 2025 13:10:21 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

Teeny little holes (wire, syringe needle, thin glass shard,
thorn) can be hard to find at only moderate inflation.  More
air, as you show in image, distends the aperture so it's
easy to feel the escaping air on one's face by passing the
tube across it.

 
No thanks.  I use my hands (palms) to detect air leaks.  I don't use
my face because I take blood thinners (Plavix).  A small cut takes
about 15 minutes to stop bleeding.  I had to give up shaving with a
razor blade and switched to an electric face mower.  With a razor, I
would arrive to work with partially dried blood stains in difficult to
explain places.  Band-Aids made it look like I had been in a fight.
Liquid bandages and styptic pencils worked, but if I try to wash off
the sealant, it would start bleeding again.  After reading about the
horrors of having almost invisible wire hooks (steel belt cord) cuts,
I don't think that using my face to test for air leaks is a good idea.

After my stroke they put me on statins and aspirin and my blood still clots rapidly.

In 2020, my cardiologist took me off 81 mg baby aspirin because it was
determined from studies that taking aspirin involved a risk of
excessive bleeding and that the outcome (frequency of additional
strokes) was about the same with and without aspirin.  You might want
to ask your cardiologist about this.

<https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/aspirin-to-prevent-a-stroke>
(Dec 16, 2024)
"The guideline changes were largely because of the increased risk of
bleeding from aspirin use coupled with limited CVD benefit."

"... if you add additional bleeding risk from aspirin use, which may
only provide a mild CVD benefit, the potential risk for a significant
bleeding complication starts to outweigh the benefits."

"The USPSTF updated its guidelines in 2022 to "recommend against
initiating low-dose aspirin use for the primary prevention of CVD in
adults 60 years or older."

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