Does anyone know someone who dies from Pulmonary Emboli ( from a blood clot in the lung)?

Question

My cousin died about for years ago, and my mom told me that it was something that was not cureable. He died in his sleep and supposivly he "didnt feel a thing". I read that you get leg and chest pains as symptoms.

I wanna know if wanyone knows anyone who survived from this and what symptoms they had

and also i wanna hear any stores about people who have passed away from it.

Answer 1

a small pulmonary embolus or clot, can be treated and cured with quick action and medical care. Often the only symptoms are shortness of breath and unusual fatigue.
a large pulmonary embolus is almost always fatal, as no oxygen can get to the blood stream if the lungs are full of clot. Sometimes there is leg pain preceding the clot breaking loose and going to the lungs, but not always.
My mother died from a large pulmonary embolus.

Answer 2

think of this like a heart attack...but in the lung, so "lung attack."
that's why there's a huge range of outcomes. a lot of people get it, some die suddenly, some got treated before it was too late.
as far as symptoms...add difficulty breathing to what u already listed.
usually the people who pass away from it die very suddenly...occasionally maybe a few days after it was found.
people who are being treated usually are hospitalized for the first few days (up to a week), then they get sent home with a blood thinner. they have to take the blood thinner for roughly 6-12 months. usually at least 9 months. some people keep getting lung clots...those people need the blood thinner for the rest of their life.

Answer 3

I don't know anyone that has survived, but here is some info on PE.

The diagnosis of PE is a difficult one that has frustrated clinicians for over a century. In up to half of hospitalized patients who die of PE, the diagnosis is not considered. Clinicians must rely on ventilation/perfusion scanning of the lung for diagnosis.

Most patients with PE present with pleuristic chest pain or cough up blood (65% of patients), isolated difficulty breathing (25% of patients), or fainting (5 to 10% of patients). When the PE is "massive" fainting presents in 20 to 80% of the time. Additional findings include high heart rate (81%) and breathing rate >25/min (48%).

Answer 4

My grandfather died from it almost 6 years ago.
He also died in his sleep.
He had no symptoms to speak of he was always diagnosed as being in good health so it was a shock when the autopsy said otherwise.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_emboli

Answer 6

I have that.