I'm only 43, single father of two young boys and I just found out I have a pulmonary embolism of my right lung. It's scaring the crap out of me not knowing what's going to happen. Thankfully there's treatments out there but they were able to diagnose this on a CT scan and noted that some of my cells have already died on my right lung after doing a MRI. I didn't know what was causing all of my symptoms for the past 2 years; shortness of breath, chest pain and every hospital visit just thought it was anxiety since my EKG was normal. I'm thankful for an answer but now I'm even more worried.
The best presentation I have seen yet. Just got out of the emergency hospital after a near death experience . Feel great after 10 days of blood thinner.
my father died of one in august. he had all the symptoms. Shortness of breath, Severe chest pain, Severe anxiety, Tachypnea. Dizziness and purple skin from hypoxia, Tachycardia, Sweating, Coughing and coughing up blood, and it took MINUTES for it to go from symptoms to death it was a very large embolism that blocked both lungs. His symptoms came on out of no where. called 911 but he went into shock and went into cardiac arrest minutes before the ambulance came. they gave him 9 shots of thrombolytics but the clot was too large and couldnt restart the heart. only if it were a smaller more survivable clot
So when the blood clot dislodges... this could be why one may feel moving pain in their veins - arms, hands, fingers, legs, toes, and even a pinching sensation in chest veins. Good to understand what’s happening to better explain to Doctor. Thanks for this insightful presentation.
DVT can literally happen overnight. I am not a poster child for great health but a 55, 210 and semi active not horrible. I am treated for hb pressure and type 2 diabetes. Woke up and when I swung my left leg around it felt like concrete. It looked like a steamed plump hodog warm to the touch. U Sound confirmed a large clot and within hours was in OR. Going in behind my knee with what is basically a vac pump they pulled out THREE and 1/2 feet for clot! Some old, some looked recent. 2 large pieces had entered my heart and then into each lung. Three chances to die that night as I slept. Will be on blood thinners forever and indications of clotting are starting to show. If you suspect DVT don't put it off.
The only thing not mentioned was the cause of my PE - a tumour restricting blood flow - here an ovarian tumour. It caused DVT, pulmonary embolism and during breakup, a clot in my eye bc Im one of the folx with that hole in the heart that let it get through from one side to the other. Thankfully effects of that were short lived. However, the DVT symptoms were what got me to my doctor- and so in some ways it saved my life! Because they caught the cancer at Stage 1 - which for ovarian cancer is rare due to the non specific/ vague or common symptoms. Looking back, I had been to the doc with symptoms that were put down to anxiety (shortness of breath, tachycardia) and plantar fascitis (pain in my feet) and IBS (tummy problems) - it was only when I couldnt walk much at all that anyone connected the dots - so the clot side of it could have been caught earlier.
Wow did she died from this😢😢😢 cause I just found out about it and I’m scared cause it’s so painful I really pray for it to go away 😭😭😭 Sorry for your loss 🙏🙏🙏
Well I am kind of scAred cause I’m 41 yr lo female and just found out about if this is torcher so pain that it scary it’s like you are near death Use of the breathing problem this is scary
I lost my Step-Mother..a sudden death..admitted Stomach pain n Vomiting..but ended th next day under Pulmonary Embo.. We are still in Shock..thats why watching all Videos to find out what happened n caused Her death..Super explanation..Thanking so much..🙏
So it is a clot that hits the deep vein, and just like cholesterol plaques in the arteries, breaks off and causes a clot in the pulmonaries. If there is very serious damage to the lungs with a PE, a PE can even lead to fulminant death.
