Somebody like
@Stewie could probably help us but I recall that it did not actually help against clotting??? Maybe I’m way off the mark but I read some stuff on here discounting it as a good practice.
81mg asa daily will keep sticky platelets from aggregating as much as they would otherwise. So in essence, it makes them less sticky. There are also anti-cancer benefits to a baby aspirin daily.
Below are some snippets from a quick google search using words such as baby aspirin and platelets / baby aspirin and cancer.
HOPKINS STUDY SHOWS LOW-DOSE
ASPIRIN SUPPRESSES CLUMPING OF BLOOD
PLATELETS IN BOTH SEXES. A once-daily pill of low-dose
aspirin helps lower the potential for clot-forming blood cells - in both men and women - to stick together in narrow blood vessels, a study from Johns Hopkins shows.Mar 21, 2006
The cardioprotective effects of
aspirin are thought to be primarily based on inhibition of
platelet production of TXA2 (thromboxane A2) [13], resulting in
reduced platelet activation and aggregation.Jun 13, 2019
Based on their analysis, the research team estimated that regular
aspirin use could
prevent nearly 11% of colorectal
cancers diagnosed in the United States each year and 8% of gastrointestinal
cancers.Oct 7, 2020