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How long does it take a blood clot to to travel to your lungs or heart?
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Why is an embolism a contraindication to massage?
Because if it is a blood clot it could travel up and get stuck in the lungs, heart, or brain and cause death.
How does a heparin drip prevent an existing blood clot from breaking off and traveling to lungs heart brain etc?
A heparin drip is used to prevent the blood from clotting. If there is an existing clot heparin will thin the blood, and prevent the clot from traveling to the lungs or brain.
Can you have phlebitis without a blood clot?
Yes...it is still a clot, its not deep vein. The clot is on the surface, meaning the chances of the clot spreading to the heart and/or lungs are slim to none.
Why might a clot in the lungs occur after a deep vein thrombosis in the leg?
Because a clot in a deep vein can break off and travel through the blood stream to the lungs.
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.
If you cough up alittle blood does it always have to be a blood clot or can you just have some blood in your lungs?
it doesnt have to be a clot....
Can a sprained ankle cause death?
Yes, it is possible to die from complications caused by a sprained ankle. Such complications include a blood clot forming in the ankle and causing a blood clot in the brain, lungs or heart.
What is an embolism and what is its connection to thrombosis?
Thrombosis is a blood clot that develops in a vein (usually in the leg or pelvic region). An embolism is a clot that breaks off and travels to the heart, lungs, or brain.
Can a bruise cause a blood clot?
Every bruise results in minor bleeding and a small blood clot. A blood clot is the body's natural way to stop bleeding and heal the site. If you mean cause a dangerous clot, a bruise is not in a vein. It is more a superficial injury. The only way a clot is dangerous is if it can travel to the heart or brain. Bruises don't cause clots that will travel.
Why does blood clumping cause death?
A clot can differ in size and where it is clogging the blood vessel. When a clot happens, blood flow slows down, if the clot is not caught or does not exert the body then death can come about. One should be careful if smoking, or eating fatty or greasy foods as these are usualy high in cholestoral. Blood pumps through your heart and into your lungs and your body. If there is a clot anywhere in your body or lungs and there is either a stopage of blood flow due to the heart being overlfowed with blood or the fact that there isn't any coming back into the hear. Blood has to flow through your body at all times and if there is a clot that is stopping it from flowing then that is where death is caused.
Can a blood clot in a varicose vein be dangerous?
Inflammation in superficial or surface veins, such as those used to insert IV lines in the arm or to draw blood, can produce pain, redness, warmth, and discomfort. Blood clots that form in superficial veins rarely break loose and travel in the blood to cause blockage (in places such as the lungs) and complications.
How does a blood clot travel from the right leg to the lung?
Blood comes into your heart through the veins all throughout the body, it enters the heart through the superior and inferior vena cava, leaves the heart though the pulmonary artery, enters the lungs, gets oxygen, enters the heart again through the pulmonary veins, and then leaves the heart and goes back throughout the body through the aorta. So blood travels from the heart, to the lungs, back to the heart, than out the heart and all through the body.
