What causes pulmonary embolism

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Pulmonary embolism is a syndrome of the lung, which can appear pale, cold sweat, severe convulsions and coma. Let's see what causes pulmonary embolism.

What causes pulmonary embolism

One reason: age and gender autopsy data showed that the incidence rate of pulmonary embolism increased with age, the prevalence rate of children was about 3%, and the incidence rate of children over 60 years old was 20%. Pulmonary embolism is most common in the age group of 50-60 years old, and 90% of fatal pulmonary embolism occurs in the patients over 50 years old.

The second reason: thrombophlebitis and varicose veins. It is estimated that about 2 million people suffer from deep vein thrombosis in the United States every year, of which about 10% suffer from pulmonary embolism. Deep vein thrombosis occurs in 72% of patients with acute spinal injury and 34% of patients with acute myocardial infarction, and 71% of patients over 70 years old have deep vein thrombosis.

The third reason: cardiopulmonary disease chronic cardiopulmonary disease is the main risk factor of pulmonary thromboembolism, 25% - 50% of patients with pulmonary embolism have cardiopulmonary disease at the same time, complicated with cardiovascular disease accounted for 12%, if accompanied by atrial fibrillation with heart failure, will be more prone to disease.

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