Signs of Pulmonary Embolism

The UK's "near miss" from suffering a devastating swine flu pandemic led to such complacency over that the dangers of Covid-19 were ignored early on despite multiple warning signs, one of the country's leading scientists has said. Devi Sridhar, professor and chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, told i that the country's experience of swine flu in 2009, where cases spread rapidly in July that year before declining sharply the following month, affected how the Government approached dealing with Covid. She said: "Swine flu was such a near miss and there were catastrophic predictions around that virus which didn't happen. Given that recent memory, there was this complacency when similar predictions came along with Covid-19. A lot of people just thought the worst wouldn't happen again either. They were wrong." The UK chose not to go into lockdown until 23 March, 2020 – four months after the novel virus was first identified fro...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare form of high blood pressure in the lungs. It's a complication of long-term pulmonary embolism, or a blood clot in the vessels of the lungs. The clot increases blood pressure in the vessels, resulting in high blood pressure, known as pulmonary hypertension. CTEPH is a "silent" condition, meaning it causes no symptoms in the early stages. It's also life threatening. However, CTEPH can be cured, so it's important to get treatment as soon as possible. Read on to learn about the symptoms, causes, and treatment options of the condition. CTEPH develops when a pulmonary embolism stays in your body. A pulmonary embolism happens when a blood clot from another part of your body travels to your lungs. The clot often comes from your leg veins. In your lungs, the clot blocks your blood vessels, which increases resistance in your blood. This causes pulmonary hypertension. The clot can be dissolved with treatment. Bu...

The CIC is a combination of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, and its quadrivalent influenza vaccine candidate. Initial results from a phase 1/2 clinical trial of the Novavax's COVID-influenza combination vaccine (CIC) showed it was well-tolerated and produced an immunological response, according to a Novavax press release. The CIC is a combination of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, and its quadrivalent influenza vaccine candidate. "We continue to evaluate the dynamic public health landscape and believe there may be a need for recurrent boosters to fight both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza," said Gregory M. Glenn, MD, president of research and development at Novavax, in a press release. "We're encouraged by these data and the potential path forward for a combination COVID-19-influenza vaccine as well as stand-alone vaccines for influenza and COVID-19." The trial showed that the safety and tolerability profile of the combination vacci...

You may feel ill and take your temperature assuming you have a fever. Instead, your thermometer reads 96°F (35.55°C). This lower-than-average temperature could occur for several reasons. You may have an illness that corresponds to low temperatures. You may have taken your temperature incorrectly. Age may play a factor. Finally, you may have a health condition causing the lower body temperature. Understanding body temperature is important to making sense of your 96-degree reading. Long ago, doctors considered 98.6°F (37°C) to be a "normal" temperature. That has changed in recent years. A normal temperature is now considered to be a bit lower than that, and it depends on your age and the method you use to measure your temperature. One 2019 research review looked at 36 prior studies about body temperature and found that adults less than 60 years old had a average temperature of 98.04°F (36.68°C). Adults more than 60 years old had a average temperature of 97.7°F (36.5°C). The st...

The UK's "near miss" from suffering a devastating swine flu pandemic led to such complacency over that the dangers of Covid-19 were ignored early on despite multiple warning signs, one of the country's leading scientists has said. Devi Sridhar, professor and chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, told i that the country's experience of swine flu in 2009, where cases spread rapidly in July that year before declining sharply the following month, affected how the Government approached dealing with Covid. She said: "Swine flu was such a near miss and there were catastrophic predictions around that virus which didn't happen. Given that recent memory, there was this complacency when similar predictions came along with Covid-19. A lot of people just thought the worst wouldn't happen again either. They were wrong." The UK chose not to go into lockdown until 23 March, 2020 – four months after the novel virus was first identified fro...

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