Pulmonary Embolism is defined as a sudden blockage of the major blood vessel (artery) in
the lungs by fat, air, a blood clot, or tumor cells.
It can occur in any healthy individual and
hence the knowledge about its symptoms, care and treatment is of...
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Pulmonary Embolism is defined as a sudden blockage of the major blood vessel (artery) in
the lungs by fat, air, a blood clot, or tumor cells.
It can occur in any healthy individual and
hence the knowledge about its symptoms, care and treatment is of paramount importance.
To provide all the information related to this life threating problem, Pulmonary Emboli
website was launched.
This website contains all the information regarding blood clot
symptoms, risk factors, causes, treatments and much more.
Although this problem can be
life threating, an immediate treatment with anti-clotting medications can greatly reduce the
risk of death.
The risk factors that increase the chances of pulmonary embolism include burns, smoking,
cancer, heart attack, surgery etc.
The major symptoms are sudden shortness of breath,
Sharp chest pain that is worse when an individual coughs or takes a deep breath and a
cough that brings up pink, foamy mucus.
Pulmonary Embolism requires an emergency
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