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Pulmonary Embolism: A Complication of COVID-19 or Drug Abuse?

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Our patient was a young male who had presented to the emergency room with complaints of shortness of breath for three days. His workup was suggestive of a pulmonary embolism. The patient had a history of COVID-19 pneumonia six months prior to this admission, from which he recovered completely. He denied use of recreational marijuana (smoking or edibles initially) but later accepted to smoking marijuana. In fact, he had increased the dose and frequency over the last six months. The COVID-19 infection had a strong impact on his mental health, which pushed him to increase marijuana use. Our case report highlights drug abuse as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism, confounded by the recent COVID-19 infection.

Source: Cureus

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.69821

Authors: Manish Gaba, Naveen Kumar, Ankita Pandey, Bijjam Venkata Vijay Kumar Reddy, Arun Dewan

Institution: Max Super Speciality Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Subfield: Internal Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402711186