I finished chemotherapy for breast cancer 4 months ago. I’ve been complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain to my doctors, thinking it was the port catheter jabbing my heart. They blew me off. Traveling home on the highway this weekend I hit a deer head on. Felt the pain again and was transported to the hospital. That’s where they found 2 clots in my lungs. Started me on heparin and now I’m on Eliquis pills. So the deer saved my life! Killed my new car but saved my life! I’m grateful! But when I go in for my follow up appointment he’s going to hear my wrath! They should have taken me seriously and found this sooner!

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry to hear of your troubles Jera, but grateful to hear you are on a better path now 🙏🏼

@nonyabiness4023

Жыл бұрын

@@ClinicalPhysio I’m grateful too thank you. That deer saved my life! 🫶🏽

@rawlivingwithdisabilities

2 ай бұрын

I am so so sorry 😔 drs treat cases not patients ..I'm in the same boat with many other medical conditions 😢 I hope you are better ❤

I had not one but two pulmonary embolism. No leg pain whatsoever just came out of the blue. I was so short of breath I did not think I would make it to the ER. I was working 12 hour shifts as a nurse so very active. I ended up in respiratory failure and nearly did not make it. On elequis for a long time. They ended my 39 year nursing career as I'm now disabled. I still need oxygen and get winded easily. I'm so grateful to be alive. They are a scary thing !

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Wishing you all the very best 🙏🏼

@AugustTwentyNinth

9 ай бұрын

I am 37 years old and I worked for Amazon the last 3 years so I am extremely active. There is no logical reason to explain my year and half old Dead Clot that's already killed tissue. It's Very VERY SCARY

@Infamwetrust99

2 ай бұрын

What happens if someone's on a ventilating machine and they get blood taken by a doctor? Meaning they're having an out of body experience and they get an air embolism?

@chipthamac

7 күн бұрын

I had multiple pulmonary embolisms six weeks ago, to the point, the doctors could not even tell me how many they found. I, too, am on Eliquis. I am 47, and with my career and pretty sedentary and also had smoked for 35 years (which I quit immediately, because I am not fond of dying) and they say smoking also causes increased RBC count, in addition to being sedentary. Every day I am so afraid that I will have that stabbing chest feeling again, but I am so grateful to still be here among the living. After a month of being more active, and stopping smoking, my o2 levels went from ~90% to 99-100%. I still have 3 clots in my right leg, but for some reason they are not removing them, and it gives me crazy anxiety.

I suffered two PEs in 2021. I’d never smoked and was in peak condition due to being a professional athlete. My blood pressure was 72/40 and I struggled to breathe so badly. It was excruciating to try to take a deep breath. The scariest moments of my life.

@davem3031

Жыл бұрын

I understand you. This happened to me a few days ago. Im in the hospital now.

@georgiaoconnor7560

Жыл бұрын

@@davem3031 wishing you a speedy recovery Dave

@artt4471

Жыл бұрын

Just happened to me too and I'm also young and healthy. Or I was anyway 😢

@michael7286

Жыл бұрын

I can relate to this after suffering with a DVT, as to which multiple blood clots traveled to the lungs resulting in Pulmonary Embolism back in 2015. I am on Warfarin medication for life. I do get quite anxious and short of breath at times but apart from that everything is good and I'm living life as normal. Just wanted to leave this message to wish you all the best for good health, wellness, and happiness for the future as a survivor of a very unpleasant and scary experience.

@davem3031

Жыл бұрын

@@michael7286 Thank you.

As Survivor of unprovoked Acute Extensive Pulmonary Embolism- thanks for this video. But I’d like to add that I had NO symptoms of the DVT in my calf besides a very slight “ charley horse” feeling in my calf- like a sore muscle- nothing to be concerned about. This very slight symptom happened the day before a piece the clot broke off, travelled through my heart causing incredible chest pain which literally folded me over, convulsive coughing as my body tried to dislodge the offending clots and pain in my sternum and right shoulder & then the realization that I wasn’t breathing- well- I WAS breathing mechanically lungs were expanding and contracting but the oxygen couldn’t get out of my lungs because new blood couldn’t get in/ out due to the extensive clots so essentially I was being smothered while still breathing. I thought maybe my septic lid had cracked and I was in a place where the oxygen was displaced by other gasses. I took all my night and moved away from where I was to try and get air. & I did The only thing one can do when they are dying - which I was- most certainly dying. I PRAYED. Please God let me get air. Please don’t let my die in my backyard & no one will even know until the vultures start circling. According to ( very undereported) reported statistics Of every 3 people who have a pulmonary embolism one will DIE IMMEDIATELY - and of the remaining who seek and receive treatment another 18% die soon after from complications. More often than not the heart tissue is stretched out from the back pressure of it trying to pump blood through closed off vessels. The damage done to ones lungs by PE takes months / years to recover from and that’s As the body breaks down the clots ( if and when it actually does) Sir, I MUST ask you to clarify that Anti-coagulants ( blood thinners) DO NOT break down existing clots - they only prevent the existing clots from enlarging and prevent new ones from forming. It is fully up to ones own body to identify & slowly break down and carry away the already existing clots. There are, in severe cases drugs called clot busters which can break up clots but the risks versus reward of clot busting drugs is not always good odds. People should know that blood thinners DONT break up existing clots. Recovery - for the lucky ones who survive- from PE is long and arduous and sometimes goes 2 steps forward & 3 steps back.

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Wow I’m so sorry to hear about what has happened to you, a terrifying experience but so pleased to now hear that you survived and hope you are doing well now

@martyhelfrich8239

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear about your story. Mine was similar, but triggered by long drives for a project at work, and found out after the DVT and PE (which I had for 5 weeks, luckily it didn't kill me) that I have a prothrombin mutation, which my father does and son also has. My father had the same fate as I had, survived and on Warfarin. I'm on Eliquis, and now wear compression socks. I had extensive bilateral PE's, was put on Heparin for 2 days then Eliquis since. I fully recovered in 3 months, and back to my level of fitness as I was before the event, which also likely contributed to surviving this. I just turned 52 years old, and hope that this never happens again!

Thanks doc!!

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Thanks. Euxaristo!

@ClinicalPhysio

2 жыл бұрын

Parakalo!! 😊

My sister had PE just one week before she's going through very though situation as she was pregnant fetus have been aborted still she is having a long clot in her leg taking anticoagulants continuously may Allah SWT give good health to everyone she really needs prayers

@ClinicalPhysio

2 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear this 🙏🏼 sending prayers and best wishes

@rawlivingwithdisabilities

2 ай бұрын

Deepest condolences may Allah have mercy on her ameen 🤲🏼

My husband got dvt at 2017 he was a police officer and am having one year daughter at 2020he developed pulmonary thrombo embolism and he was on blood thinner which did not support due to high pressure in lungs the blood flow to the heart was low and caused heart failure when I was about to take him to the hospital he passed away due to shortness of breath. Wish he was alive miss him madly ...

@timothykelleher6336

Жыл бұрын

I’m truly sorry this happened. I pray the love you have for each continues to bear fruit, until you reunite on “the day when every tear is wiped away.” 🙏🏼🕊

@krishnamoorthymoorthy8635

Жыл бұрын

@VIJAY hes 30 yrs old

@krishnamoorthymoorthy8635

Жыл бұрын

@@timothykelleher6336 thankyou somuch

@Amrutha_N_varshini

10 ай бұрын

I can understand your pain

@user-qk1jy4if3u

8 ай бұрын

So sorry for your tragic loss thank you for sharing

My estranged father passed back in September 2021 of one of these. I was just now given the most vague and basic of answers from the coroner who seriously dragged ass on the investigation. He lived in Bermuda as off grid as he could so that has further complicated my ability to figure out just what happened. The only other detail was that he had traces of cocain in his system but they could not quantify how much or whether or not it impeded his chances of surviving.

I'm bed ridden wheelchair bond and started getting shortness of breath even when talking.. also massive chest pain..and Tachycardia episodes that are getting more aggressive more frequent..my heartbeat BPM can be 90 to 250 at rest.. I did chest xray which was clear.. I did echo and holter..i did CT scan with contrast but I'm scared it's not ckear due to my body movements.. I've had 10 brain surgeries and numerous medical procedures..idk.. whatever it is i want it to stop 😢

My sister passed away from this last week :( I’m just trying to learn and understand what a P E is . Thank you for your helpful video

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏼 So sorry for your loss - wishing peace to you

@staggy9257

Жыл бұрын

@@ClinicalPhysio thank you i honestly appreciate it . Thank you for the video and making it easy to understand .

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

@@staggy9257 🙏🏼

@engineeredtruths8935

Жыл бұрын

What were her symptoms? did she go to the doctor for it?

@chaseleee1803

Жыл бұрын

R.I.P to your sister man, my condolences

A week ago i had minor accident. After that my chest been hurting really bad & it hurts while breathing & literally any activity. I can't sleep. But after taking a pain killer i feel almost no pain. I also don't think it is a psin due to the bones. Can this be PE?

I have not been taking my blood thinner tablets seriously sometimes i miss for 2 days, seeing how deadly it is going forward i respectbthe medication.

I had one and was diagnosed with Factor V Leiden

@ClinicalPhysio

10 ай бұрын

Hope you are doing well now Eliza 🙏🏼

My Dr just told me that I have veinous insufficiency and she wants to do surgery on both legs. She wants to create clots in my deep veins so that the blood will redirect to healthier veins. I am afraid of possible pulmonary embolisms after the surgery. How much of a concern should I have with getting this procedure and can it, well, kill me at some point? Thank you for your videos.Very helpful..

I had 2 major surgeries in 2019 with prolonged ICU stay, 4 months in hospital. I wasn't expected to survive. I started having difficulty breathing early Dec 22 almost 3 months ago. Just tested positive for blot clot this eve. I have been given blood thinners and have to go back tomorrow for scan to find the clot. They expect it to be in my lungs as I have small plural effusions. Hopefully it is only a small clot that can be relieved easily.

I was just diagnosed with a PE and now I'm trying to quit smoking, because im terrified. I also diagnosed with Covid.

I've had two PEs so far. One in 2018 (or rather, many small clots) and one massive one in 2020. I figure it'll probably be a third that kills me since I can't manage my warfarin properly but I've long since made my peace and the idea doesn't bother me anymore.

@georgiaoconnor7560

Жыл бұрын

what do you mean you can’t manage your warfarin properly?

@ICONxMADE

Жыл бұрын

I don't think you should stop fighting. Sometimes health can feel hard to manage and it takes lots of work and doctors visits to stay healthy and alive. But that's no reason to give up imo.

@shelleydaly1726

11 ай бұрын

I got my doctors to change my thinners. I was having too many problems on the first one given to me. It’s worth a try

I went into the hospital with 6 DVTs in my arms. Four days later, I felt like death. I went to a different hospital and was diagnosed with two PEs in my right lung, and one in my left lung. How weak I've become and difficulty breathing, I had to get a walker and a shower chair because of me falling. When they diagnosed me with three PEs, they said I lit up like a Christmas tree, filled with clots in other areas of my body. I'm on blood thinners. This has put me out of work, sadly, because of my limited mobility.

@ClinicalPhysio

4 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear this but wishing you better days ahead

I had a small pe in 2021 they tested me for factor v Leiden and mthfr I have the gene for both, the gene can cause blood clots

@ClinicalPhysio

11 ай бұрын

Hi Laura, yes I have certainly heard of genes like this which affect clotting. Wishing you all the best in the future 🙏🏼

After long hour travel can have embolism

My mother just passed away from this, she went to the doctors four days before and they obviously didn't pick it up, even though she had a history of lung infections and a cancer scare in the passed but supposedly It was being monitored and ok???? She did smoke for many years. She just thought it was another chest infection, Just Really wish older people didn't go to just doctors all the time because they don't usually take them seriously when something is wrong and maybe they don't know how to expalin the symptoms properly.???

Hi! What would our approach be to treatment as a physio? (If someone has or has a suspected PE that is)

@ClinicalPhysio

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Matthew! Step 1: Tell medics for investigations to confirm PE. Medical treatment would start. Step 2: Wait for medics to give you all clear. Early management may well just be chest check and breathing exercises and breathing management as pain allows to maintain chest. Simple stuff only in majority of cases - I personally would not be happy with manual therapy. Simple lower limb movements in bed to maintain circulation. Step 3: Once given clearance by medics, gradually progress mobility to allow for circulation, chest expansion and recovery. Confirmation from medical team crucial here. Only other point - PE patients could be quite sick, so once again, constant communication with MDT

@matthewfinney4040

2 жыл бұрын

@@ClinicalPhysio Hello, thanks for the quick reply that’s amazing!! I’ve always been taught this too, and there doesn’t seem to be much literature around Ambulation of patients with PEs/suspected PEs although there are two great articles for DVTs that I found really interesting, and don’t see why this can’t be applied to PEs (permitting the patient is comfortable of course) : 1. ‘Ambulation after DVT: A Systematic Review’ Anderson et. al. 2009 2. Bed rest vs Early Ambulation with Standard Anticoagulation in management of DVT: A Meta-Analysis Liu et al 2015 Also considering Virchows Triad in the development of a DVT, immobility is a key causal factor! I’m yet to see anything on the risks of early Ambulation/mobility - although there’s a lot more to show the risks of not mobilising! What are your thoughts? I’m currently on a frailty placement and this has come up so! Matt

@ClinicalPhysio

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfinney4040 Hey Matt! No I totally agree - the evidence for DVT is definitely shifting. For me the biggest difference is the effect that PE’s have on the lungs thus affecting SaO2 and paO2 because if they drop significantly during our mobility we could have a much bigger problem. Happy to be shown if evidence says otherwise though!!

@matthewfinney4040

2 жыл бұрын

@@ClinicalPhysio ah absolutely! This has to be considered too!

@ClinicalPhysio

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfinney4040 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Hello Dr I have been feeling pain in my Chest when I breath deaply also I feel pain in my back and I have a little faver does that mean I have PE or is it because I been snoozing for two days can snoozing hardly cause chest pain please reply

@fayazfayaz9610

Жыл бұрын

HW r u now bro

After Taking Ciproxion antibiotuc for UTI i developed pains on my left lung and chest .Can it cause PE

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Hard to be absolutely precise about it over just messaging… perhaps discuss with your Dr if you are worried

What type of Dr. should you go to with this issue ??

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Go to the emergency department so an ED Doctor. Respiratory manage the patients IF respiratory support needed

I was pregnant with my twins when i suffered a pe i still get anxiety to this day. Luckily me and the babies were fine

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Wishing you all the very best

@jasminegill848

11 ай бұрын

Did u have a ct or vq scan? If yes please let me kno if it is safe to do so in pregnnacy

Had this when i was 28, hope anyone who has gone through this is doing ok now, its very unpleasent for anyone to have to go through something like this

@ClinicalPhysio

2 ай бұрын

Wishing you all the very best 🙏🏼

@varun-72

12 күн бұрын

How did you get diagnosed

I got them from an ovarian cancer tumour - but in my case it saved my life as it was leg pain that sent me to the GP which meant that my ovarian and uterine cancer was diagnosed at Stage 1 rather than most who get OC who are only diagnosed at Stage 3 or 4. Although I did have a problem when the clots were being broken up ! an undiagnosed hole in my heart meant a piece of clot travelled across the heart and to my eye, causing partial sight loss - thankfully temporarily. I was on injected blood thinners until my cancer op (which was delayed by 3 scary months bc of the clots) and after the op for six months after. Since then, no problems.

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Wow I’m so sorry to hear about your troubles, but I really hope you are doing well at this stage - wishing you all the very best!

Sir I am taking rivaraxoban for PE and carbamazepine 450 mg for epilepsy..do they interact with each other.please guide sir

Statistics say that 25% of covid patients pass away from this. Someone I know was delirious for a few days before dying from this. Would the delirium be caused by the clot blocking oxygen to the brain, or due to the covid infection entering the brain? Thank you

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rebecca, there is no hard and fast rule about this. Could be something even different to that causing it.

@newcivilisation

Жыл бұрын

@@ClinicalPhysio A ha. OK. Thank you.

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

@@newcivilisation no problem

the hospital did a ct scan on my chest with a dye, they then gave me medicine to dissolve the clot. Now how do U know how much of the clot is dissolved?

@ClinicalPhysio

4 ай бұрын

Anticoagulants generally don’t “dissolve the clot”… the body does this itself. But anticoagulants stop further clots developing so that the body can manage the current situation

1 month prior i went for foam sclerotherapy and i developed blood clots in treated vein, but since 2 days i am having difficulty in breathing and coughing, i don't want to die

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Wish you all the best 🙏🏼

@arvindsingh6863

Жыл бұрын

@@ClinicalPhysio sir is there any chance i have developed pulmonary embolism

@arvindsingh6863

Жыл бұрын

and sir please tell me if i don't go for diagnosis i would die or not

@SaiKumar_Kali

Жыл бұрын

@@arvindsingh6863 please go for Emergency department if the symptoms are severe and get tested all kind of heart related , i lost my mom within 11 days of no symptoms and lost her due to poor diagnosis from a general physician

I had symptoms for a year doctors ignored me. I was hospitalized last week for multipleeeee pulmonary embolisms. Fricken livid they ignored me.

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear that Heather 🙏🏼 wishing you all the best

@n.b.0212

Жыл бұрын

Hi Heather are you doing better? May I ask, what were your symptoms?

@bboynewsboy991

5 ай бұрын

Please, what symptoms exactly?

I had one last year through covid I was terrified

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Hope you are doing well now 🙏🏼

Last year I got an unprovoked massive volume saddle PE. It was originally diagnosed as a chest infection by the hospital, but picked up by my GP who told me to head back to hospital. I’m told I’m required to take thinners for life because it was unprovoked and the size of it. They were never able to determine cause. I was a busy active 50 year old woman with no major medical issues. Now I’m having ongoing issues with chest pain and tachycardia when I stand and walk. It’s very hard to recover when you can’t stand for long.

@ClinicalPhysio

11 ай бұрын

Wishing you all the very best Shelley 🙏🏼

My lower chest each side of my breast nipple lower area is hurting when I go and bend over I feel like that part is fried heavy is that pulmonary embolism I'm 28 yrs old.

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Please review with a medical doctor. We will not provide you with medical advice via a comment on KZread…. Obviously.

Hi I had a CT scan of my chest and they found lung cancer but in the report they mentioned a minimal blood clot in my right lung. I'm very fit at 66 no symptoms of any kind. My BP is 118 over 68. I do 100 push-ups a day and not short of breath.

@Mylife-yd9xq

Жыл бұрын

I hope you recover my friend I'm 28 yes old and I feel as if my lungs are fried from smoking marijuana constantly like back to back to back how is your breathing I feel my breathing is heavy chest breast area feels pain I'm scared

@franke1833

Жыл бұрын

The clot is not in my lung thank God. It's small and in my spine where the tumor is

@Mylife-yd9xq

Жыл бұрын

@@franke1833 yes thank god it is small and you caught it early if they say surgery to get it removed do as well chemotherapy so it forsure wont come back

@engineeredtruths8935

Жыл бұрын

36 hour fasting twice a week, only eat organic. No sugar or simple carbs. No trash food. Good luck

I drove myself to the hospital yesterday and am put to an ICU because of Pulmonary embolism.Am scared 😢

@ClinicalPhysio

2 ай бұрын

Will be thinking of you, wishing you all the very best

i work out often an eat healthy foods but i have PE now, i do not understand,

@ClinicalPhysio

11 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear your news, wishing you all the very best 🙏🏼

@user-vu7jg2ze9c

6 сағат бұрын

GENS VACTOR

My mum died instantly from this with no warning.

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear that Mel wishing you peace

I'm 33 weeks Pregnant with a Year and a Half Old Dead Clot that has Already Caused Tissue Damage in My Left Lung. My Baby will have to Be Extracted in 3 weeks and a Surgery must Follow soon after to Save My life. I Have To Take Two Lovenox Needle Shots a Day 💉 Along With Steriods, Gastric Liming Pills, Lidocaine Patches, Oxycodone For The Spontaneous Chest Spasms And Hydroxyzine For The Anxiety And insomnia. I Am Not Happy or Feeling Healthy Anymore. I Pray The Corrective Surgery Will Extend My Life.

@user-vu7jg2ze9c

6 сағат бұрын

HELLO AUGUST I HAVE PE AND I WISH YOU GOOD HEALTH YOU AND THE PAPY CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME IF YOU HAVE THE SERGUERY OR NOT AND HOW IT GOES

My mother dead bcz of acute pulmonary embolism😢😢😢

The thrombus blocks a single vessel in the lungs. The lungs are a large organ. The rest of the lungs should be able to sustain the body. Why this becomes a medical emergency?

@georgiaoconnor7560

Жыл бұрын

because the vein usually blocks a large vein in the bottom of the lungs. obviously it’s a medical emergency the clot can travel very quickly to the heart or brain

@4CKEA

8 ай бұрын

It also means that it makes the left side of the heart work so much it begins to shut down

Can asthma cause a pulmonary embolism?

@ClinicalPhysio

Жыл бұрын

Very unlikely

@angelozicarelli541

Жыл бұрын

@@ClinicalPhysio ....back in 2019 my asthma got really bad. I was getting it every day and more agressively at night time. It was preventing me from sleeping and I had to go to work like that. I went to the emergency room one night and the E.R tech told me I was at risk for a pulmonary embolism. I guess it is likely to happen when the exacerbations are occurring everyday for a few years straight. What's your opinion on this?

@martyhelfrich8239

Жыл бұрын

No. I too have asthma. Asthma is a restriction of air through the bronchial tubes due to inflammation. PE's are clots which form in the arteries within the lungs. You can have the same symptoms initially as asthma, shortness of breath, but the tachycardia/high heart rate was something I've never had with asthma, only with the PE.

So,....no.matter what I do...I am at fault?.....We will never be safe again.