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Suggest Treatment For Broken Vertebrae With Breathing Difficulty

Hello I take care of my younger brother early 40 s he is on Medicare due to broken vertebras in his back, he has blood clots forming in his legs below his knees they are really swollen and scabby lately also he is on a breathing machine night due to he is not breathing properly he is always out of breath all day long. this has been going on for a while now and the clinic he is going to is not doing anything more just telling him it will subside please help me I need a doctor to help him contact me at YYYY@YYYY
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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broken vertebrae possibly has associated spinal cord injury and he is not able to move his both legs (in medical terms- paraplegia). Blood clots in legs below knee with swollen legs seems Deep venous thrombosis (DVT). He needs regular use of DVT pump in legs along with anticoagulants for treating this condition.
If he started to have breathing difficulty (requiring breathing machine), there is chance that he had "pulmonary embolism" due to leg clots.
I advise to get 2D Echocardiography, CECT Chest with pulminary angiogram to look for pulmonary embolism.
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Suggest Treatment For Broken Vertebrae With Breathing Difficulty

broken vertebrae possibly has associated spinal cord injury and he is not able to move his both legs (in medical terms- paraplegia). Blood clots in legs below knee with swollen legs seems Deep venous thrombosis (DVT). He needs regular use of DVT pump in legs along with anticoagulants for treating this condition. If he started to have breathing difficulty (requiring breathing machine), there is chance that he had pulmonary embolism due to leg clots. I advise to get 2D Echocardiography, CECT Chest with pulminary angiogram to look for pulmonary embolism.