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What Causes Blood Clots In Lungs?

my father was rushed to the ER tonight the ER physician skyped with a neurologist on his test results. the neurologist said it is very severe he has two blood clots in his lungs and they are inoperable. he is being admitted into ICU now. I have the following questions1. What causes blood clots in the lung? He has never smoked./2. Why is surgery not an option?3. What type of treatments are available?4. Are any of the treatment effective that can reduce the clots and prolong his life?help
Tue, 4 Nov 2014
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Thanks for ypur question on HCM.
Your father is having pulmonary embolism
And the most vommon cause is Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) of large veins of leg.
So from this veins clot dislodges and travel in blood and reaches heart (right sided). From heart clot reaches pulmonary arteries and due to small diameter of these vessels they stuck their. By this they hamper the blood supply of lung and cause the symptoms.
And surgery is indicated only in chronic large emboli. Not in acute cases.
Fibrinolytic therapy is needed to dissolve the clot. And long term treatment with warfarrin is needed.
And fibrinolytic therapy is very effecting in prolonging life in pulmonary embolism.
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What Causes Blood Clots In Lungs?

Thanks for ypur question on HCM. Your father is having pulmonary embolism And the most vommon cause is Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) of large veins of leg. So from this veins clot dislodges and travel in blood and reaches heart (right sided). From heart clot reaches pulmonary arteries and due to small diameter of these vessels they stuck their. By this they hamper the blood supply of lung and cause the symptoms. And surgery is indicated only in chronic large emboli. Not in acute cases. Fibrinolytic therapy is needed to dissolve the clot. And long term treatment with warfarrin is needed. And fibrinolytic therapy is very effecting in prolonging life in pulmonary embolism.