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Blood clots in lungs treatment
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 49 years experience
Injectable: Lovenox (enoxaparin) is the drug of choice if warfarin cannot be used
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A Verified Doctoranswered
42 years experience
CT scan of lungs: The beginning of all good testing is having the doctor take a good history and do a good physical exam. If the results are strongly suggestive of some... Read More
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Dr. Creighton Wrightanswered
surgery 58 years experience
Anticoagulation: Heparin and then warfarin for about six months and followup pulmonary testing
rarely surgery or embolectomy, or lower extremity interventions.
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5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Tchaka Shepherdanswered
Trauma Surgery 25 years experience
Acute PE: Treatment of a pulmonary embolus essentially depends on the clinical symptoms at the time of diagnosis. The symptoms can be many and varied. Treatmen... Read More
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5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Richard Orranswered
Surgical Oncology 46 years experience
Heparin warfarin: Heparin (an anticoagulant is started immediately). Eventually, most patients are switched to a pill medication - typically Coumadin (aka warfarin) is... Read More
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6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Lyall Gorensteinanswered
General Surgery 40 years experience
Blood thinners: Generally after getting a blood clot in the lung you will need to be on a blood thinner for at least six months, depending on the cause of the blood c... Read More
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6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Rodeen Rahbaranswered
Surgery 22 years experience
See your doctor: There are many things doctors consider when recommending "best" treatment. Generally it comes down to a blood thinner (there are several) vs a filter ... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 42-year-old male asked:
Tiny clots in lungs not requiring hospitalization, what is treatment at home? and what is prognosis?
Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
It depends on the cause. In general anti clot medications which can be taken by mouth at home. If it did not require hospitalization then could not b... Read More
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Answered Nov 10, 2021
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Dr. Howard Shapiroanswered
Specializes in Internal Medicine - Nephrology & Dialysis
Von Willebrand's: There is no reverse of von wwillegrand's disease. It is passed on as a dominant gene. I am sure that you were tested for it in the hospital and don'... Read More
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4.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ibrahim Moussaanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 20 years experience
It depends: Depending on your symptoms and whether your doctor thinks this an acute event or a chronic event. If you having symptoms of acute (happened suddenly) ... Read More
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5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Charles Gordonanswered
Specializes in Adolescent Medicine
Absolutely possible: The only way to get a definitive diagnosis is to get a biopsy and look at the tissue under the microscope. If it is in a single lobe it may be best t... Read More
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829 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Danny Proffittanswered
Family Medicine 45 years experience
Very dangerous: However, if it is small and goes to a small part of he lung, it can be minimal. Many have had a pe and never known it. Hhowever, a clot going to the... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Wayne Wolfanswered
General Surgery 22 years experience
Ct scan: A ct scan of the chest is usually done with IV contrast to localize and verify if there is a blood clot in lungs. Sometimes they can do another radiol... Read More
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5.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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