Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
AS I POSTED YESTERDAY, MY HAS MASSIVE CLOT IN IVC AND HIS LUNGS. HE GETS BAD PAINS AND I GET SO SCARED. HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN IT'S PAIN FROM HEALING OR PAIN FROM NEW CLOTS OR TRAVELING CLOTS?
rmb
If he's on warfarin or some other anticoagulant, it's unusual to get new clots while on those drugs. So I would assume it's recovery pain.
mizkytee
Thank you
mizkytee
Other question just came up. Doc said he did not have any clots in his legs but he does in his pelvis but he gets leg pain/tiredness. Is that also part of healing?
TossNTurn
Clots in the pelvis could definitely be blocking blood flow into or out of the legs, so it doesn't seem too surprising that his legs are feeling odd. Clots affect the entire circulatory system and he'll probably have some aches and pains in some surprising places for a while.
mizkytee
thank you
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