What is a pulmonary embolism?
In a pulmonary embolism conclude one or more blood clots out a pulmonary artery.
What are the signs and symptoms of pulmonary embolism?
- You go very fast and shallow breathing.
- The breathing does severe pain.
- You get quite stuffy.
- You should cough.
- Sometimes you cough up streaks of blood.
A pulmonary embolism is usually due to thrombosis.
When the above symptoms, take as soon as possible, contact your doctor. They suspect that you have a pulmonary embolism then they send you to the hospital. Visitors will get a CT scan of the chest and a blood test.
Do you have a pulmonary embolism? Then you are admitted briefly to hospital. The doctor immediately begin treatment. You will receive injections and tablets later with an anticoagulant. You get emergency surgery when the pulmonary embolism is life threatening.
After the hospital treatment you will come under the control of a thrombosis.
What causes pulmonary embolism?
A pulmonary embolism can occur in several ways:
- There remains stabbing a blood clot in a lung artery. The clot is due to thrombosis in the veins of the upper thigh or the pelvis. This is most common.
- There comes a fat globule in a pulmonary artery. This is also rare. Fat globules in the bloodstream may be due to a broken leg.
What is the treatment for pulmonary embolism?
It is clear that you have a pulmonary embolism? Then the doctor immediately start treatment. You will receive, for a week injections of heparin. Which is an anti-coagulant. After that week you will receive anticoagulant in tablet form. You should swallow the tablets six months.
In some people, the risk of recurrence of pulmonary embolism large. These people should continue to use their lives anticoagulants.
After hospital treatment you will come under the control of a thrombosis.
Sometimes a pulmonary embolism is so serious that immediate need surgery. During surgery, the physician retrieves the clot away from the pulmonary artery.