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in their lung, please. I do know this could be life threating. I do know that it causes one to be very short of breath? This is my understanding so far. What I do not know is what kind of pain does one suffer from this This person is now in the hospital being treated for this. This person is also an addict. Her prescribed Avinza which she has been on for 10 years given to her for chronic pain from unknown origin??????? she has lately stated it no longer works and since has been trying to get new pain meds to no avail from her Drs. At least not what she wants. She has been screaming and crying in the emergency room for pain meds. Does a blood  clot cause this pain level?

Plogsties · Accepted Answer

Generally the pain from pulmonary emboli is the result of pleuritis secondary to the injury to lung tissue. This usually does not occur very early in the course. I would seriously question the assumption that her pain is related to the PE.

mildred f · Answer

Makes me think she has a serious problem here, but I bet the pulmonary embolism will likely be a small part of this.  Her drug seeking, if the illegal kind, will get her no where.  There are serious FEDERAL penalties for the doctors, so they are all not going to cooperate.  She will have to have a pain management person, a doctor, who can treat her.  These pain management people do run a drug test at each visit.  So if you have something in your body not prescribed, you are kicked out of their program.

Bet she is headed to the court system soon if it hasn't already happened.  A court could require her to be in a locked treatment facility and to get off the drugs.  Typically wouldn't last too long before relapse.

It is possible to have severe pain, and some serious consequences, with  a pulmonary embolism.  How do you know she has that at all?

Luke Reynolds · Answer

I've seen several people with fairly small pulmonary emboli who have had pain similar in intensity to a heart attack.
On the other hand, I've seen plenty of people with very large pulmonary emboli who had absolutely no pain.

Bottom line: yes - a pulmonary embolus can be very painful.
However, she already has pain refractory to morphine (our lifeline for pain management in the acute setting).

Does she actually have a pulmonary embolus / blood clot?

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