Pulmonary Embolism
Did you know that just from sitting too long or just any type of prolonged immobility could sometimes be fatal? Life threatening 1/3 of people with undiagnosed and untreated Pulmonary Embolism don’t survive, can lead to Pulmonary Hypertension (PHTN), PHTN is a type of blood pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart. When lower extremities are horizontal for long lengths of time, the flow of the venous blood slows and blood can pool in the legs, causing blood clots. The blood clots come from deep veins in your legs, occurs most often when a blood clot gets wedged into an artery in your lungs which is a Pulmonary Embolism (PE). We will be talking about the symptoms, what causes (PE), …show more content…
The most common symptoms found with (PE) include: Shortness of Breath, Chest Pain, Cough, Leg Pain, or swelling, or both, usually in the calf. Some other symptoms may include: Clammy or discolored skin (Cyanosis) Fever, Excessive sweating, Rapid/Irregular Heartbeat, and Lightheadedness or Dizziness. Most of these symptoms can be obvious of problems in the chest or lungs, the leg pain and swelling could be caused from the blood clots in your legs and should be checked as soon as possible to prevent getting (PE) or catch it right away so it can be treated. And as well to treat the blood clots that are in your legs causing the pain and …show more content…
Most caused by Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Other causes could be from (uncommon) fat from the marrow of a broken long bone, the fat tissue of a broken bone can leak into your blood and be a disorder called Fat Embolism Syndrome (FES). Collagen or other tissue, tumors caused by rapidly growing cancer cells, air bubble or substances that get into the blood from trauma, surgery , and/or other medical procedures.
The most common test used to diagnose or rule out any other medical conditions would be an Electrocardiogram (EKG). The electrical activity of the heart is recorded with this test. An (EKG) can rule out a possible heart attack, because (PE) and a heart-attack, or anxiety attack have similar symptoms. For a positive EKG confirming that pulmonary embolism is present, the EKG will show Sinus Tachycardia (greater than 100 beats per minute). Acute heart dilatation, the presence of inverted T Waves in precordial leads suggests massive
Did you know that just from sitting too long or just any type of prolonged immobility could sometimes be fatal? Life threatening 1/3 of people with undiagnosed and untreated Pulmonary Embolism don’t survive, can lead to Pulmonary Hypertension (PHTN), PHTN is a type of blood pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart. When lower extremities are horizontal for long lengths of time, the flow of the venous blood slows and blood can pool in the legs, causing blood clots. The blood clots come from deep veins in your legs, occurs most often when a blood clot gets wedged into an artery in your lungs which is a Pulmonary Embolism (PE). We will be talking about the symptoms, what causes (PE), …show more content…
The most common symptoms found with (PE) include: Shortness of Breath, Chest Pain, Cough, Leg Pain, or swelling, or both, usually in the calf. Some other symptoms may include: Clammy or discolored skin (Cyanosis) Fever, Excessive sweating, Rapid/Irregular Heartbeat, and Lightheadedness or Dizziness. Most of these symptoms can be obvious of problems in the chest or lungs, the leg pain and swelling could be caused from the blood clots in your legs and should be checked as soon as possible to prevent getting (PE) or catch it right away so it can be treated. And as well to treat the blood clots that are in your legs causing the pain and …show more content…
Most caused by Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Other causes could be from (uncommon) fat from the marrow of a broken long bone, the fat tissue of a broken bone can leak into your blood and be a disorder called Fat Embolism Syndrome (FES). Collagen or other tissue, tumors caused by rapidly growing cancer cells, air bubble or substances that get into the blood from trauma, surgery , and/or other medical procedures.
The most common test used to diagnose or rule out any other medical conditions would be an Electrocardiogram (EKG). The electrical activity of the heart is recorded with this test. An (EKG) can rule out a possible heart attack, because (PE) and a heart-attack, or anxiety attack have similar symptoms. For a positive EKG confirming that pulmonary embolism is present, the EKG will show Sinus Tachycardia (greater than 100 beats per minute). Acute heart dilatation, the presence of inverted T Waves in precordial leads suggests massive