Sentences with phrase «worm emboli»

This protocol initially kills fewer worms at the beginning of treatment which reduces the impact of the worm emboli (worm fragments) on diseased lungs and lung vessels.

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These dead worms can form an embolus and get lodged in the lungs, in the heart vessels or other parts of the blood stream causing a vascular event, a stroke and even death.

In some cases, the worms can cause an embolus, or blockage, of other large vessels causing other organs to become affected.