Severity of your PE
Treatment options may vary depending on the severity of a PE. For instance, a patient with a serious or life-threatening PE might need more intensive care, including thrombolytic drugs or a surgical operation. These can make it take you longer to recover.
Your general well-being
Your general well-being is crucial to the treatment and recovery from any medical condition. With PE, this is also accurate.
You may be at a higher risk for suffering persistent breathlessness or trouble with physical activity following a PE if you have certain underlying medical issues. These include, as some instances:
- cancer-causing thrombophilia, a disease that results in blood clots
- inflammation of the colon
- thyroid hormone therapy [1] for hypothyroidism
- having undergone previous surgeries like a splenectomy, pacemaker implantation, or cardiac shunt