What is Pulmonary Embolism?
How risky is this health condition?
Causes of Pulmonary Embolism:
Here’s what the expert says:
Health risks involved with post COVID clotting:
Blood clots can result in issues that range in severity from minor to fatal. If a blood clot restricts blood flow in an artery or vein, the tissue normally supplied by that blood channel may become oxygen-deprived, which may cause the cells in that area to perish.
A stroke can be brought on by blood clots in the arteries that supply the brain. Some COVID-19 patients who were previously young and healthy also experienced strokes, which may have been brought on by irregular blood coagulation.
Kidney failure may result from blood clots blocking the kidney's blood arteries.
After COVID effect
Although COVID-19 has been viewed primarily as a respiratory disease, rapidly accumulating data suggested that COVID-19 is associated with a high incidence of venous thromboembolic complications.
“In COVID-19, a prothrombotic condition develops that may be brought on by heightened coagulation, diminished fibrinolysis, and immunological reactions. In COVID-19, endothelial inflammation, disruption of intercellular connections, and the production of microthrombi are all distinct microvascular abnormalities,” says Dr. Unnithan.