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A member asked:

Does eating hinder recovery from a pulmonary embolism? whenever i eat, i hear more rales and am more out of breath. worse when i overeat.

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Unlikely: Eating is not known to interfere with recovery from pulmonary embolism.

Dr Lubienski agreed

Answered 1/11/2019

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