Increased Risk of e-Thrombosis in e-Life Era

摘要

With the COVID-19 Pandemic, significant differences continue to emerge in modern life, andnew problems arise as a result of the gross measures taken. The way of learning,communicating and working have changed leading to an almost virtual existence. Socialdistancing was one of the first concepts that was developed, implicating a shade ofsympathy, but after a year of experience, its meaning was transformed to desolate existence.With the shifting pattern of this living, an overt increase was observed in the incidence ofdementia, depression and anxiety.1 Eating patterns including stressful eating, prolonged seated position during work andeducation shall alert us for thrombotic events as Beasley and coworkers have described as“e-thrombosis” for the first time in 2003.2 At that time, they have reported concerns for the increasing use of computers forboth entertainment purposes (computer games, etc.) and sitting inactively for hours mightdramatically increase the epidemiological burden of thrombosis. To support this perspective,they have presented a case of a 32-year-old with acute pulmonary thromboembolism aftersitting in front of a computer consistently for 18 hours.2 The perspective of such immobility may trigger thrombosis is consistent with thetimeless Virchow’s Triad (abnormal blood constituents, abnormal vessel wall, abnormal bloodflow), which Rudolf Virchow has defined in the 19th century.