Pulmonary embolism almost died from hugging the computer more than 12 hours/day

A 32-year-old Chinese man named Wang almost lost his life due to pulmonary embolism due to having to sit at the computer continuously for more than 12 hours a day.

Mr. Vuong, 32 years old, Chinese, is a designer. Therefore, during the day, he often sits in front of the computer to work for many hours. A few months ago, he became addicted to an online video game. After every stressful hour of work, when he comes home, he continues to hug the computer to play video games.

Half a month ago, he began to feel swelling in his legs and occasional pain in his lower back. After going to the hospital for a check-up, he discovered that he had an arterial embolism in his right lower limb. A CT scan of his lungs also showed symptoms ofpulmonary embolism

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After being discharged from the hospital and returning to his daily life, Mr. Vuong almost forgot the doctor's warnings and continued to sit at the computer as usual. Last week, he felt chest pain and had difficulty breathing, so on June 3, he went back to the hospital for a check-up. The results showed that his pulmonary embolism symptoms had become serious and required urgent treatment or his life would be in danger.

According to experts, people like office workers who sit a lot and have little exercise are prone to deep vein thrombosis, which over time can lead to pulmonary embolism, which is dangerous to health and even life.

Pulmonary embolism is usually caused by a blood clot blocking the pulmonary artery. If a large blood clot blocks near the center of the lung, it will be life-threatening. This type of disease in its mild form often has no obvious symptoms, but the progression of the disease is very rapid. If a large pulmonary embolism occurs, the mortality rate is very high. Therefore, people with specific occupations that require sitting for long periods of time, especially working with computers for long periods of time, need to exercise a lot, drink a lot, move their limbs, and walk around to help the blood vessels circulate.

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