Improved medical treatments have helped people with acute respiratory distress syndrome to recover. However, you encounter serious complications. People with acute respiratory distress syndrome are already hospitalized for serious medical conditions.
Complications and Risk Factors for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
New York (USA), June 27, 2013
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Complications
Improved medical treatments have helped people with acute respiratory distress syndrome to recover and survive. However, you encounter serious complications. These include:
Pneumothorax: This is lung collapse. Normally, ventilators are used to help breathing in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients. However, pressure and air volume of ventilator can cause lung to collapse.
Pulmonary Fibrosis: Soon after acute respiratory distress syndrome sets in, tissue between air sacs scar and thicken. This stiffens your lungs and oxygen flow is severely affected and disrupted.
Infections: Ventilator is attached directly to a tube inserted in your windpipe. Germs can easily infect your bloodstream through this tube.
Blood Clots: It is common to develop blood clots in your legs while lying down constantly and breathing through a ventilator. Sometimes a portion of clot formed in your leg breaks and travels to your lungs restricting blood flow.
Memory, Cognitive, and Emotional Problems: Treating serious injuries and ailments require a high dose of sedatives. Sometimes, these sedatives cause a permanent damage on your brain leading to memory and cognitive problems. They also cause emotional setbacks and depression.
Abnormal Lung Function: Often, lung functions remain disrupted even after recovery from acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Risk Factors
People with acute respiratory distress syndrome are already hospitalized for serious medical conditions. Risk factors for such serious ailments include:
– Heavy alcohol use
– Cigarette smoking
– Widespread infection in your bloodstream
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