Has anyone ever heard of someone surviving deep-vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism?

Every time I hear about these two, it is because someone passed away suddenly. A newspaper reporter in Chicago was the second person I have heard of that died suddenly from a combination of the two of these. It appears from the description of it (Web MD) that the best way to prevent it is to stay physically active (which is not surprising).

Pulmonary embolism is a well-known cause of sudden death. People usually survive DVT and survive pulmonary embolism more frequently than you might imagine, as long as the emboli are small. Prevention is the best treatment. Prompt recognition and treatment of the condition when it happens is obviously very important.

One well-known person who survived pulmonary embolism was President Nixon, who had a type of screen placed in his inferior vena cava to trap embloi and to prevent further emboli from getting to his lungs. His procedure was done at Memorial Hospital Medical Center of Long Beach, California, in 1975.

I worked with a woman a few years ago who developed a DVT on a car trip to Florida, and she survived. She was ut of commission for a while but made a full recovery.

Oh yes. There are some very strong drugs like Streptokinase (sp?) which will help dissolve clots. It is important to recognize that there is a problem (like swelling, pain and redness) and get to a doctor or ER early so treatment can begin.

A friend of mine survived from DVT.
She was close to dying tho.

DVTs are common and if caught early, very treatable. PE is very critical, and if not caught and treated right away, can often be fatal.

Thrombosis, yes, my dad had it and he got all his veins zapped with a laser I think. Pulmonary embolism, I don't know, I think once the blood clot enters the lung, it could be helped if the person was in the hospital when it happens, but a pulmonary embolism usually takes you pretty quickly, that's why it is so important if you have thrombosis to either get the treatment my dad got, or you have to wear support hose that promote circulation in the legs. My dad also takes cumidin it's a blood thinner

DVT is pretty common and people can and do survive it daily. One can survive a PE as well, the problem is many people don't know that they have one. If so anticoagulants (drugs that stop blood from clotting) can be given, or even surgery. However, there are people who die from PE's, usually after having a surgery of some type.

most heart attacks are when there is a blood clot going through the heart lot of people survive that