認識靜脈血栓栓塞

如正在瀏覽此網頁，或代表自身或親友已接受檢查，或已確診深層靜脈栓塞 (DVT, deep vein thrombosis) 或肺栓塞 (PE, pulmonary embolism)。

它們是由血栓阻塞主要血管而引起的。1 因此 DVT 和 PE 有時候亦稱為靜脈血栓栓塞 (在靜脈形成的血栓; VTE, venous thromboembolism)。

雖然深層靜脈栓塞和肺栓塞皆有可能會造成嚴重後果，但它們都是可以治療的 — 重要的是一旦出現任何病徵和症狀，應立即求醫。

甚麼是深層靜脈栓塞？

深層靜脈栓塞是在身體任何深層靜脈形成的血栓 — 通常在單側小腿或大腿的靜脈出 現。1-4

甚麼是肺栓塞？5

肺栓塞是深層靜脈栓塞的併發症。當導致腿部或其他部位（較罕見）出現深層靜脈栓塞的血栓脫落，並隨血液流到肺部時，就會引起肺栓塞。肺栓塞是有可能對生命造成威脅的嚴重疾病，因此病人需要盡早求醫。

觀看短片以認識深層靜脈栓塞和肺栓塞的病徵和症狀

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參考文獻

1. Mayo Clinic. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Available at:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/deep-vein-thrombosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20352557?p=1. Last accessed September 2021.
2. NHS. DVT (deep vein thrombosis). October 2019. Available at:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/deep-vein-thrombosis-dvt/. Last accessed September 2021.
3. Cleveland Clinic. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT). July 2019. Available at:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16911-deep-vein-thrombosis-dvt. Last accessed September 2021.
4. Thrombosis UK. Signs and symptoms. 2020. Available at:
https://thrombosisuk.org/signs-symptoms.php. Last accessed September 2021.
5. Mayo Clinic. Pulmonary embolism. Available at:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pulmonary-embolism/symptoms-causes/syc-20354647?p=1. Last accessed September 2021.
6. NHS. Pulmonary embolism. April 2020. Available at:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pulmonary-embolism/. Last accessed September 2021.
7. Cleveland Clinic. Pulmonary Embolism. February 2019. Available at:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17400-pulmonary-embolism. Last accessed September 2021.

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