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flash pulmonary embolism
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Dr. Elizabeth Trinidad answered
27 years experience Neurosurgery
Try herbals: There are herbal products available otc and bioidentical topicals that may be helpful.
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Dr. Charles Burger answered
36 years experience Pulmonology
HRT: The risk of hormone replacement therapy (hrt) must be discussed with your doctor.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Robert Alexander answered
27 years experience Plastic Surgery
Small clot fragments: Common cause is separation of small clots in the venous system (such as the leg, etc) which return to heart and lodge in the lungs. Trauma, some infe ... Read More
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Phlebitis: Pulmonary embolism is the complication of inflammation and blood clots forming in veins (phlebitis) and then traveling in the venous system to the hea ... Read More
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Dr. Sendhil Subramanian answered
27 years experience Interventional Radiology
Blood clot: A pulmonary embolism is the result of a blood clot travelling to your lungs. The blood clot (referred to usually as a DVT) is usually found in the vei ... Read More
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Dr. Creighton Wright answered
56 years experience General Surgery
Variable: Some are subtle, and escape detection.
Others are instantly lethal.
Full range in between.
Cause, size , degree of lung obstructed as well as pre ... Read More
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Dr. Tony Su answered
33 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
Depends: Depends on the amount of clot that travels to the lungs, underlying heart and lung conditions, and concurrent illnesses. Massive pulmonary emboli asso ... Read More
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Dr. Loki Skylizard answered
20 years experience Thoracic Surgery
Quite deadly: Numerous factors. One-third of people with dvt/pe will have a recurrence within 10 years and one-third of people die within one month of diagnosis. I ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Norman Chideckel answered
42 years experience Vascular Surgery
Depends: Usually after treatment should be fine.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferranti answered
29 years experience Internal Medicine
Yes....: A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the blood vessels in the lung. Symptoms range from no symptoms to death, depending in the size and location of ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nestor Del rosario answered
34 years experience Addiction Medicine
Depends on size: If the clot goes to many areas of the lungs or to main arteries and block them as the blood comes out of the heart, there can be no flow of blood and ... Read More
A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
Several mechanisms: The loss of effectively gas-exchanging lung. The strain on the right ventricle. Breakdown products of the thrombus causing wheezing. The vagal reflex ... Read More
A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Carlos Orrego answered
28 years experience Cardiology
Multiple: There are several sings icluding tachycardia, respiratory distress, ekg changes, sings of right venticular failure such as elevated venous pressure a ... Read More
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered
51 years experience Cardiology
PE: read this:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pulmonary-embolism/basics/definition/con-20022849
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Christopher White answered
43 years experience Cardiology
Imaging study: Either an angiogram or lung scan can be used. A noninvasive angiogram with a ct scan is most common today.
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