Craig Bowen 
Surgery
The first risk of getting a pulmonary embolism is having surgery or another condition related to surgery. This would be especially true if the surgical procedure were done to the knee, hip, or pelvis. This will increase your chances of developing a blood clot in these areas. When a person is recovering from the surgical procedure, they will not be doing a lot of activity because they will get a blood clot. Therefore, you will need to think about some things you can do to decrease your chances of getting a blood clot. A great example is to use one of the BTG Crossing Devices. This will help maintain the health of your veins.
Medical condition
The second risk of getting a pulmonary embolism is when you have a particular medical condition. Some of these medical conditions might include cancer, an increase in age, a previous pulmonary embolism, obesity, smoking, heart failure, pregnancy, and kidney problems like nephrotic syndrome. There are also some medications you might be taking for these problems that will cause a pulmonary embolism. These medications might include hormone replacement therapy, birth control pills, thalidomide, tamoxifen, and erythropoietin. If you already have had one before and are taking these medications, it will cause you to have a pulmonary embolism.
Inherited thrombophilia
The third risk of getting a pulmonary embolism is if you have an inherited thrombophilia. This is when you will have a genetic problem that will cause the blood to clot more than normal. Most of the time, this is going to be in the form of a deficiency of antithrombin, protein C, or protein S. This is going to be especially true for people who are over the age of 50, and you might not have any other reason for getting the pulmonary embolism. You might also have a factor V Leiden or the prothrombin gene mutation that can increase a blood clot’s chances when you are in a certain age group. Most of the time, venous blood clots will happen before a person becomes an adult. Therefore, if you have talked to your doctor and don’t have a medical condition, nor have you had surgery, you will be more than likely to have an inherited condition. You will need to talk to your family members to see if they have had a pulmonary embolism before. This is when the doctors will do testing to see if this is why you have had a pulmonary embolism. This is because you will need to you are going to need additional treatment, and the doctor will be able to give you preventative measures to help increase the chances of you having another pulmonary embolism in the future. Therefore, if you have a family member who has had one, you must be screened to see if you have inherited the condition.
