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.
Hello,
It has been months since I posted. I am usually so tired that outside of work & church, I am asleep =o ....sorry...
But It's nice to see so many are doing well!...but at the same time it's not nice to see so many new folks... Glad this site is here, but sorry you had to look us all up =)
Anyways... It has been a little over a year for me: Multiple PEs in both lungs. Late 30s. However, I am so extremely tired all the time & feel dizzy & lightheaded a lot, along with some other things. My d dimmer has been elevated for few months on increase (over 600 again now). No active PEs found tho! Thank God!... I learned today that I have a protein c deficiency which can lead to clotting issues & we are discussing going on Xaralto (more related tests firsts)...
Does anyone have info about protein c deficiency? and related info?
--Thanks. You guys are a great bunch!
It has been months since I posted. I am usually so tired that outside of work & church, I am asleep =o ....sorry...
But It's nice to see so many are doing well!...but at the same time it's not nice to see so many new folks... Glad this site is here, but sorry you had to look us all up =)
Anyways... It has been a little over a year for me: Multiple PEs in both lungs. Late 30s. However, I am so extremely tired all the time & feel dizzy & lightheaded a lot, along with some other things. My d dimmer has been elevated for few months on increase (over 600 again now). No active PEs found tho! Thank God!... I learned today that I have a protein c deficiency which can lead to clotting issues & we are discussing going on Xaralto (more related tests firsts)...
Does anyone have info about protein c deficiency? and related info?
--Thanks. You guys are a great bunch!
Here is a patient article that Clot Connect (University of North Carolina's Blood Clot Outreach Program) did on Protein C Deficiency:
http://patientblog.clotconnect.org/2011/06/15/protein-c-deficiency/
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Tom