With early googling when I was first diagnosed which lead me to various q&a posts online about PE's the youngest I saw was a question from a mom who's 14yr old son had a PE after some sort of surgery and he was going through chemotherapy too

Personally I only knew one person that had a PE but she passed away at 23

I don't think I've physically met ANYONE of ANY age who has had a PE. So, in that case, I'm the youngest person I know of (I know a lot of you here at DS are younger) ... and I had one at age 35.

The only other person I've met with a PE is older than me and I am 38.

im 29 and i have 5 in my right lung

Thanks for your answers,
According to the literature it's not common for a YOUNG child to have a PE.

My question, again---

Does anyone here actually know or know of a child (let's say under 10 yo) who's had a PE?

Tom (Retired Navy) may be aware of a child with a PE, based on his contacts and data.

I do recall parents with teens being on the DVT site because their kids had a DVT. Can't say though if I recall anyone with a PE.

It might be the kind of thing that shows up in kids with cancer (I'm hypothesizing), since cancer and clots are somewhat connected. At that point, though, I don't know that the clot is the parent's biggest worry. I imagine they'd stay on the cancer boards, instead of coming over here.

I don't know anyone personally...however googling about PE's for the last 6 months, I've read about people as young as 19 having them, especially from the pill.
On another site, I read about a young man that had strokes starting when he was 16.

At my clinic, one of the receptionists in the lab told me that he'd heard of a young child that had one after a broken leg. I am assuming that the child had something like Protein C or S deficiency. They mentioned that they see him about every month or so for INR checks.

I don't know how old the young child was, but he said he was "young." That could mean 10, it could mean 16.

I was 24 when I was diagnosed with mine....Multiple PE's, both sides, Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Suspect DVT....They had me walking after 5 days =/...

I was 30 when I was diagnosed back in Feb with multiple PEs in both lungs...so far, I'm the youngest person I know that has been diagnosed.

Thank you all for your comments.

Here what is in the text of the original post:

****Does anyone here actually know or know of a child (let's say under 10 yo) who's had a PE?***

I am 24 and was diagnosed a month ago. I have heard that a lot of teens and young women who were on the BC Yaz have been reported to have DVT and/or PEs

@cave76

Actually, you kind of had two questions in your original post. None of us seem to know anyone under ten with PEs, but we can try to answer "Youngest person YOU know that had a PE." For most of us, it is ourselves.

Toss---yes there did seem to be two. I forgot that a lot of people don't read past the subject heading. My bad.

A lot of people just want to offer something to a conversation, even if it isn't exactly what you're asking. I think the kinds of answers you received and the lack responses in general does answer both questions -thee youngest person one knows and whether anyone knows of a child with a PE.