Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Acute pulmonary embolism is a serious disease, if not treated in time may lead to death, its severity depends on factors such as emboli size, the main treatment methods include anticoagulation and other treatment, high-risk groups need to pay attention to prevention. Acute pulmonary embolism is a serious disease, if not treated in time, may lead to death. The severity of an acute pulmonary embolism depends on factors such as the size, number, and location of the emboli and the underlying health of the patient. Smaller emboli may not cause obvious symptoms, while larger emboli may block pulmonary arteries, causing breathing difficulties, chest pain, coughing, hemoptysis, and even life-threatening symptoms. In addition, acute pulmonary embolism may also lead to pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, arrhythmia and other complications, increasing the difficulty of treatment and mortality. For high-risk groups, such as long-term bed rest, surgery, cancer patients, heart disease patients, etc., once the symptoms of unknown dyspnea, chest pain, etc. occur, the possibility of acute pulmonary embolism should be highly suspected, and timely medical examination and treatment. At present, the main treatment methods for acute pulmonary embolism include anticoagulant therapy, thrombolytic therapy, interventional therapy and surgical treatment. The choice of treatment methods should be determined according to the specific conditions of the patient. In short, acute pulmonary embolism is a serious disease and needs to be treated. Pay enough attention to it. High-risk groups should pay attention to prevention. once symptoms appear, they should seek medical treatment in time for early diagnosis and treatment, so as to improve the cure rate and survival rate.