>> Helping you live healthy this morning, a pulmonary embolism can turn deadly if
it’s not treated it affects an
estimated one in 1000 people
here in the United States every
year. And if you’re traveling
long distances this summer you
could be putting yourself at a
higher risk of developing it.
Joining me now to explain the
signs and symptoms treatment is
Memorial critical care
physician doctor Renato Blanco
good morning. Thank you for
coming here pleasure so what is
pulmonary embolism.
>> So if you think about it but
it’s constantly flowing
throughout your body goes to
the heart to all the organs and
it comes right back when
the blood flow coming back its
load whether it’s yet week
vessels our weather in a movie
is must you should some of
these clots can form a lot of
times you start your legs
because
of gravity. And there’s concern
that we have is if one of these
clouds get dislodged they end
up in your lungs.
>> So what causes than that to
have.
So we’re talking about long
flights them might die, so it’s
very your risk factors right so
unfortunately are some that we
have no control over their son
that we do have control over.
>> But the risk factor is age
usually over 4 years old here
at higher risk. But it’s also
40 its name.
That’s yeah.
>> this was made it out in the
elderly category even young
patients can right correct.
But smoking obesity and like we
had mentioned long travel, big
magic number we usually is
about 4 hours you concerned.
>> And is that because they’re
sitting in the same position
already have to walk around so
when it should somebody have
those risk factors that example
is getting ready to maybe fly
abroad is going to on a plane
for more than
4 hours. What is there
something that they can do to
kind of reduce the risk of
developing one of course one of
the things that stay hydrated.
Right
also you want to exactly what
you said get up move around.
You can do a little ankle
exercises stretch your calves
little bit. And that’s always a
good thing
and is there a particular part
then of the leggett’s sounds
like that this most occur and
where it’s you mentioned moving
the ankle is that enough was
done to getting up social
calendar that her to move to
around if they allow you in the
plan of course
but yet.
>> So and then can you feel
this happening, you know or are
there some symptoms that maybe
this is a Kurd and you feel the
symptoms later you can get
treatment sure so as far as the
tease will notice is that you
may have some swelling in your
leg, some redness.
>> Maybe some warmth and
sometimes pain and if you have
a complication of a pulmonary
embolism than what you would
expect some chest pain,
shortness of breath, sometimes
people feel light-headed and
some people even pass out.
So it’s interesting because I
wouldn’t necessarily associate
maybe a clot in the leg with
having trouble breathing what
is it then that causes that
it’s because there’s slow blood
then to other parts of the body
is will get dislodged that’s
when a man that I was with the
lungs.
It is there
any reason other than long
flights at this might develop
assuming that you don’t have
all of these risk factors other
things that maybe we do in our
life that we need to be
cognizant of that I think about
how long I sit at
my desk.
>> Yeah, I need to get up more
often a watch list will she was
always a good things get your
steps and walk around exercise
don’t smoke. So this
risk factors and then by the
dislodging can that lead to
other things like stroke.
Usually not okay.
you have to have a different
connections between different
parts of the heart that would
cause you to have a stroke.
>> So are there any final words
and that you would have for any
of our viewers who may be fit
into this category in terms of
of you know preventing
something like this from
happening.
>> And let us know the risk
factors and prevent what
you can don’t smoke stay
active. Stay mobile if you’re
planning on along 5th make sure
that you’re hydrated. Take
breaks stretch out.
If you’re like me you jam out
when you’re traveling make sure
it will be a little bit you
know drop a little too steps
you need to. But hopefully you
can if you can prevent it.
They don’t have to come see me
and I see you.
>> And then deep vein
thrombosis there is that that
is similar to this because it
can lead to a pulmonary and
liquor act.
>> Because you have the climb
your way and it begins to
slide. It make its way up to
the lungs and and that’s what
they did. But this compression
hose and I’ve seen before those
a good idea for someone who has
he’s respected. Yes if you have
if you do have respect is that
yes it is and it could benefit
you correct so always get them
to talk to your internal
medicine in there.
Or are these kinds of trips.
Yes I was your primary
physician. You don’t want to
see me because I’m the
intensity is but if you do want
to get to the point where
either se right, but if you do
make your way to me and my why
would love to take care of its
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