Thrombophilia and pregnancy: the silent condition that can compromise motherhood

Many people heard of thrombophilia for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the infection caused some of the patients to increase coagulation, leading to events such as thrombosis, strokes or heart attacks. But thrombophilia is a condition that goes further: as its name suggests, it is the increased tendency to form blood clots in various parts of the body. Thrombophilia can be hereditary - when genetically transmitted - or acquired, …