Thanks a lot, Dr Campbell. I finally understand what happened to me 9 years ago. I was sent home twice from hospital ER and the 3rd time I, luckily, got an ER Dr. who had an inkling and performed a CAT Scan discovering the PE. I'm alive today because of him. I found you through the Covid 19 video's you have been kindly sharing and now you have become a part of my daily routine.
I had dvt in lft knee , pe in lower lft calf which broke off more that 20 small p.e.s in lungs.i was in such awful pain and really didnt think I'd make it till daylight nor did the dr. in er from what he explained to me. Few hours after diagnosis both lungs collapsed filled with fluid. literally felt I was drowning and severe pain throughout my body! Helpless all I knew to do was PRAY! THANK GOD for the Dr.s in er. that early morning june 1st 2016. They went to work on me immediatly and helped save my life! I've never found what caused the bloodclots and was told that I d be on pradaxa for the rest of my life.it took a little over a year before I could walk again. This is a very scary thing I wouldn't wish on nobody!
Thank you so much for doing this video since I suffered from this DVT over 2020 making me to loose my physical job due to calf hemorrhaging from a fall I had at work prior to this clot in my left calf that made it impossible for me to even walk
Dr. Campbell, thank you for the illustrations and explanation of this sort of event. In May, 2018, I had an PE event that came close to ending my life. I had a large clot shatter in my right leg and (fortunately) pepper both my lungs. I say fortunately because if the clot stayed in one large clot, I would have not survived. Not one in my medical providers would actually take the time to even explain it beyond the simple basics. It was just called PE’s and prescribed blood thinners. I now have such a better understanding of what happened to me and how fortunate I was. Thank you for your clear explanation. I wish my providers would have spent even a few minutes to educate a scared patient. God Bless you kind Sir.
I am delighted you are doing well John, may God continue to bless you. I agree its appalling that more explanations are not given by the very people who are supposed to be the carers and teachers.
Twumasi Okyere Ampaabeng Hello and thank you for asking. I think that knowing some of the ways PE’s can present, the better. Especially if a person has never had blood clots and PE’s. My incident was nothing like the usual warnings. I started feeling sick as if I was going to get a stomach bug (mild temp and nausea). After about 30 minutes, I started to have vomiting as dry heaves. These spells lasted about 10/15 minutes each and came and went every few minutes for about four hours. The dry heaves were very powerful. They were all dry heaves every time. My daughter call for an ambulance and went to the hospital. Initially thought to be a heart attack. After a CT they bound both lungs covered in blood clots. I had an ultrasound of my legs and they found a remaining 2cm clot in my leg. That’s why I felt so lucky. If the clot did not shatter when it broke off I would have died. Totally different presentation than the text books say it should be. I have been on blood thinners ever since. I had no symptoms of clots in my leg either. I’m not sure if it was a clot form and immediately broke or had it been there for a bit. I ended up in the hospital for four days. I hope this helps you. If you have had PE’s or at risk, maybe this unusual presentation will help you. Hope you stay healthy! Best Wishes.
@@dexterousdexter1 I'd like to add my symptoms were acute breathlessness even walking a step or two left me gasping for air. It's a feeling of suffocation. I thank God even 12 years later for saving me.
Thank You! I was never educated in the physiology or the anatomy of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) though I underwent a Pulmonarythromboendarticeretomy many years ago (mid 1998) I have a photo of the emboli removed from the pulmonary arteries, they look like river deltas and reduced my usage of oxygen to 65%, I am happy to say that it is over 90% today!
Thank you for your explanation. I tried asking the practise that treat my my late mother however they said I wasn't next of kin. My mum struggled to breath for a couple of weeks while she waited for an xray and blood test. The xray showed a large shadow however the letter also said it could be nothing 🙄 (not helpful). The blood test I believe was OK. She never saw a doctor, instead he prescribed antibiotics over the phone. Mum died 5 days later on the 12th of December. I find it very strange that even in the current climate no one took the time to carry out a physical examination or attempt to monitor such basic things as blood oxygen. I'm glad their are some knowledgeable doctors like yourself still around.
Excellent, excellent video. Thank you so much. Current modalities recommend treatment with warfarin and allowing body hopefully to absorb embolism (s). Especially those who have genetic blood disorder as cause. What have you found in research to treat/ address this? New viewer to your teachings. Appreciate very much
Dr. John Campbell can you rediscover this series in terms of VITT and perhaps another theories impacting a healthy human with experimental medical interventions of late.. please
I have little or no medical knowledge but boy was that explanation interesting! (And easy to understand too) keep up the good work sir. My best friend at school's father died suddenly He was 49 years old and "As fit as a flea" as they say, small slim and took regular exercise. However he fell off a ladder and broke his leg and whilst still in hospital got a DVT.
I didn’t get blood clot after vaccines I got clot during Covid.My husband and I both had Covid but my cough got worse and breathing was so painful right side chest.Dr got ambulance and it was clot in lung and pleurisy.l got X-ray and D dimer kept in then ct scan and said no clot and I was allowed home.Now I am so scared to get Covid a 2nd time.Did you have clot after vaccine.?x
Dear Dr Campbell, I had a PE crisis on 22 June and the ambulance arrived in good time and ran numerous tests and admitted me to hospital which was for 2 nights. Following a scan and xray I was told that blood clots had congested on the lower left lung and the medical person indicated 4" depth with his hand. My question is what duration is likely - from: 1. The incident to 2. Blood clots starting and 3. Congestion to convert to Pluerisy affecting 1/3rd of of the left lung causing distress. My treatment was Penicillin and anticoagulant. I am due a Booster soon and am worried. My jab 1 was 23 Jan and jab 2 was 11 Apr. It was jab 2 that caused me some tenderness. Of course there may be no connection with the vaccinations.
Hi Dr John, thanks for this excellent video series. I have a few questions: Are there any specific vitamin or mineral supplements one can take to reduce the chances of thrombi and embolisms forming? And if so, what dosages? (I know vitamin K increases clotting factors, but how to decrease them?) Can genetics also predispose one to DVTs and PEs? Can long term use of chronic meds cause increased coagulation? In particular SSRIs. Is there any easy and cheap tests or checks one can do to check if one's blood is of the correct coagulability and viscosity, if vascular endotheliums are healthy, and if blood flow dynamics is optimum? (The general blood tests like d-dimer, VW factor, FBC, Hb, etc are just so expensive in my country and impossible for the average person to afford)
Baby aspirin for heart attack patients? Of course one would better know the hemoglobin and platelets count before playing with aspirin. The safest way is to drink enough water. If you suffer from dehydration, it will obviously decrease the blood volume and concentrate things. In a blood test that percentage gives some idea how much you got plasma compared to the blood cells. So drink enough water - minimum 3-4 liters daily (not at once) if not eating soups, fruits and stuff. Of course ask your doctor about all these things first if you have an option. Nobody can tell you a thing over the net but guess at best.
Dear Sir, I enjoy your videos . Very informative and easy to understand and more than understanding its even easy to remember the concepts . Sir i have 2 queries . 1. Immediately after a major surgery, can chances of Heart Attack are high? 2. What are the advantages i can convey to a Surgeon/Physician about preferring a Heparin 5000 over Heparin 25000 dose. Kindly clarify
Thank you for this explanation. The story of the sailors is a very enlightening and frightening illustration of how such seemingly innocuous behaviour as lounging around can in fact be deadly. I'm sure many sedentary people would benefit greatly if this knowledge were disseminated more broadly. May I suggest using a surface pro or other computer which you can write on directly to make it easier for you to illustrate your ideas? See my videos for an example. Thanks again.
Perhaps you cannot talk about treatment but I wonder what a person can do. Obviously avoidance is the primary issue. But when someone has one they at some point are sent home or never go to a hospital. They might be told to take low dose aspirin but how do they know they are ever ok? What happens to those clots over time?
Your doctor should monitor you closely with regular blood tests, they tell a lot more than you could imagine. The clot can disappear on it’s own. Personally I was in hospital for 11 days, monitored, scans, ekg, ct, blood thinners (not aspirin) put on beta blockers to help my heart cope with the now thinned blood racing round my heart, which gave me a slight tachiardia, this was October 2020, I am still undergoing the blood tests and a haematologist is involved to keep an eye on me, they also asked me to partake in a genealogy study to see if it’s hereditary, or causal- in my case it’s not either, it just happened.
I survived multiple bilateral PEs. The Dr's said I'm lucky to be alive. I didn't go to the hospital until the tachycardia and heart strain became to painful to ignore anymore.
But, right there at the end, how does a person die suddenly from a pulmonary embolism to the lungs? It seems it would have to be at the main entrance to both lungs, then I assume the immediate loss of blood flow, hence, oxygen, to all of the lungs is what causes the death, right?
I was wondering, since a lot more people work from home now, including me, would some kind of muscle training device help? Just putting it on your legs so the electrical impulses make your muscles work. Would it help or do the opposite?
Dr John Campbell, I had DVT in 2017.. Now have pts, and haemosiderin in both lower legs. On warfarin indefinite. Hospital said DVT has left scarring.. Is it still possible for a piece to break away, and cause problems..or it just remains damaged.
THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR I HAVE UNDERSTOOD BLOOD CLOTS .ANOTHER QUESTIONS ,BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH BURNS 2.MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WHO IS BREATHING HEAVY AND OEDEMA
@@chrispintembo223 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mg_CbReKoqA.html This is the first one in the series, do let me know when you have watched them all. For any topic in youtube put in 'campbellteaching' then the title of the topic you want eg. 'burns'
The A and the B antigen are there because they are genetically coded for. Antibodies are only generated to antigens not on the red cell. This is the self verses non-self idea of immunity.
This style of teaching is much better... I couldn't focus on those videos which had pieces of paper cut and had writings on them. I would ideally prefer the normal class style videos with a white board which is why i subscribed but i understand its not doable. This is much better...please stick to this.
I've been following you for the covid info already and was searching on this topic and found this vid.... i havent found much info on pulmonary embolisms in the the elderly in particular. tonight my 80 year old mother went to the ER with shortness of breath and they diagnosed her with multiple pulmonary embolisms. :( they tested her for covid and that was negative. The doctors there said she could end up put on a ventilator. What a cruel ironic twist of fate that I try so hard to keep her safe from this crap virus only for her to get this and end up on a ventilator anyway. I hope it doesnt come to that. :(
yeah, great explanation, even for us joe public, it may or may not help if this video is for training drs nurses etc to add the symptoms etc, i have had pe 2 x now in last 5 years, i know the signs now as i feel very weak breathless and normally spit bits of red blood out, i am on Eliquis 5 mg now which is ment to slow the embolisums from forming, that along with my dvt (still called that here in Thailand) i sneak a 81 mg aspent (sugar coasted) asprin to help the blood flow so i can try walk a bit, thanks again for your very imformative videos and keep them up i watch them daily as and when you do them, i think its im at that age of learning 5555
