Embolism

Embolism means embedding a foreign body or plunger (blood clot, fat droplets ...), which travels through the bloodstream through the vessels, until it enters one of its dimensions lower caliber cause clogging. As a result, ischemia occurs in the area of the affected vessel. There are several clinical forms of stroke: ischemic stroke, in which the obstruction affects a cerebral vessel and is manifested by a more or less severe symptoms of stroke; pulmonary embolism, pulmonary artery occlusion which may result in non-functioning part of the lung, or in severe cases the instantaneous death; embolism of central retinal artery, which can lead to blindness in the affected eye.

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¿Sabes qué diferencia hay entre una trombosis y una embolia?¿Y una feblitis? Te lo explica el doctor Puncernau en el siguiente artículo.

Thrombosis and embolism

By Dr. Xavier Puncernau
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You know the difference between thrombosis and embolism ? And feblitis ? Te explains Dr. Puncernau in the following article. See more

El doctor Riambau explica de forma sencilla qué es una embolia y por qué se produce, además nos detalla que podemos hacer para prevenirlas.

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By Dr. Vicente Riambau
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Dr. Riambau explains in this interview is simply a stroke and is produced, also specifies that we can do to prevent strokes, which in the worst case may be fatal. See more

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