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.
Coming up to my 6 months post diagnosis. I see my specialist in May. It’s been a long winter recovering. Particularly hard because I was also recovering from blood loss. Anemia was a brutal complication that at times had me not knowing if it was my PE or anemia that made it hard to over extend myself and breathe.
Routine blood tests have kept my INR in check. I had 4 iron infusions and my last blood test finally showed my hemoglobin count as normal instead of low. However a first for me my last blood test showed my RBC is now high out of range. From what I’ve read your body increases RBC if your oxygen is low.
Ive already had my kidneys checked for damage because I’m diabetic that was my worst fear. But now with the RBC count high I am wondering if that is a sign that my lungs may have scarring.
Has anyone who had a PE and been diagnosed with lung damage had increased RBC occur?
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.