May 18 (PRINTWORDS NEWS) Popular TV series “House” introduced us to this term, but what exactly is “fat embolism”? Medical sources confirm that it is a syndrome that is not very common. In fact it is very rare, although the reasons which may lead to a person acquiring the sickness are quite commonplace. For instance, a minor fracture or a tissue injury, or maybe a burn on the skin or some respiratory problem may actually lead to the formation of fat embolism in a person’s body.
Doctors say that fat embolism was first detected in the year 1873. A person suffering from fat embolism will show an accumulation of fat macro globules in the thin tracts of his lungs which gradually leads to breathing problems as the fat in the lungs choke the respiratory passage.
Thanks to television, people today are aware of so many things that were not heard of before. In “Houses”, the character of Hannah dies of fat embolism, after undergoing an amputation operation. It was the final episode of the popular series and the character of Hannah was also loved by many, so naturally when their loved one died, it led to multiple questions in the minds of the viewers. Now it seems that the term has become so popular that everybody is on the lookout for the term on the internet. We would not like to be a victim of the disease, but there is definitely no harm getting to know about it.
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