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Pulmonary infarction

What is pulmonary infarction?

Disease, developing as a result of clot (thrombosis) in the pulmonary artery, or sliding it from the peripheral veins (thromboembolism). By that predispose surgery, postpartum, heart failure, fractures of long tubular bones, malignant tumors, prolonged bed rest. Closure of thrombotic vascular clearance leads to increased pressure in the pulmonary artery and contributes to hemorrhage in the lung tissue. Joining the bacterial infection causes inflammation of the site (pneumonia).

The symptoms and course of pulmonary infarction.

Identify the caliber, the location and number of closed thrombotic vessels, baseline lung diseases and heart. The most frequent symptoms: shortness of breath suddenly appeared (suddenly increased), chest pain, pallor tinged with ashy skin, cyanosis, a violation of heart rate (frequency, ciliary arrhythmia, extrasystoles), decrease blood pressure, changes of the nervous system, increase body temperature, cough with mucous, or bloody sputum, hemoptysis. You may heard the noise of friction pleura, melkopuzyrchatye bubbling rale on a limited area.

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Tags: artery, clot, disease, heart, increased pressure, infarction, light, lung, pneumonia, pulmonary, pulmonary infarction, signs, suddenly, symptoms, thrombotic, treatment

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