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Yes, a person can have multiple pulmonary embolisms. They can have many small ones, or just one and can occur in just one lung, or both at the same time.
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What is a pulmonary embolism?
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lung. Clots that form elsewhere in the body can become lodged in the blood vessels leading from the right ventricle to the lungs.
Can Yaz birth control cause seizures?
No but can cause other serious side effects like blood clots, strokes, pulmonary embolism.
Can someone with massive blood clots and pulmonary embolism apply for disability?
anyone can APPLY.. whether you get on it or not, depends on how seriously it affects your ability to work
What is the classification for the drug Innohep?
Innohep is in a class of drugs called antithrombotic drugs. It helps to prevent blood clots which are caused by deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
What is the name for abnormal blood clots?
Blood clotting disorders are called hypercoagulable states. Hypercoagulable states include conditions such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).
Where would blood clots likely become stuck within the cardiovascular systems?
Blood clots can become stuck in any small blood vessels, however the most serious places for clots to lodge are the brain (causing ischaemic stroke), the coronary arteries of the heart (causing a heart attack) or the lungs (pulmonary embolism).
What conditions are caused by blood clots?
A blood clot that blocks an artery to the brain can cause a stroke. If the clot blocks blood flow to the lungs pulmonary embolism can occur. A blood clot that blocks a coronary artery can cause a heart attack.
What are anti-embolism stockings?
The anti-embolism stockings is to prevent blood clots by stopping blood from gathering and pooling in the veins of the leg. The stockings also increase the flow of blood through the leg veins.
Does pulmonary embolism lead to pulmonary edema?
Congestive heart failure can cause pulmonary edema but I am not sure about an embolism.Congestive heart failure (CHF) depending on the severity of the condition can cause pulmonary edema. As the disease progresses, if the patient has left sided CHF, the blood does not flow properly and will get backed-up into the lungs thereby causing pulmonary edema. For those with right-sided heart failure, you will get back-up into the peripheral vascular system and will have edema of the extremities (hands and feet). As for the embolism, again, as the CHF worsens, the work of the heart is increasing and the heart is not effectively pumping the blood. As the heart begins to pump less and less blood with each contraction, you can get stagnation of the blood in the chambers of the heart. Blood clots (ie embolism) can occur. This is also true for individuals who have atrial fibrillation because the blood is not effectively pumped out of the heart.
What risks are associated with abdominoplasty?
bleeding wound infection delayed wound healing skin or fat necrosis (death) hematoma (collection of blood in a tissue) seroma (collection of serum in a tissue) seroma (collection of serum in a tissue) blood clots pulmonary embolism
What is an eye embolism?
small clots that can block blood flow to the retina of the eye and can cause sudden blindness in an eye
What could block a blood vessel?
Cholesterol, blood clots, fat embolism', even plastic from a hypodermic needle that has broken off can block blood vessles.
