Woman's life is at risk after liposuction

10/16/2017

Any operation can cause complications that threaten the health and even the life of the patient.

However, such a simple procedure as liposuction has become so familiar that people do not even think about the dangers that it conceals.

One of the rare and serious consequences that occurs after fat is pumped out is fat embolism syndrome. A 45-year-old Englishwoman, who almost died after the procedure, was the victim of such a disease.

Fat embolism results from the separation of fat elements (globulins) from adipose tissue, which, traveling through the body, can clog blood vessels. In this case, the brain, lungs or other organs to which the blood stops flowing are damaged. Symptomatology of the disease develops rapidly and is expressed in shortness of breath, pain and heat in the chest, confusion, heart rhythm disturbances and other manifestations, depending on which organ was blocked.

This pathology requires emergency medical care, reports BMJ Case Reports . A woman who has undergone a liposuction procedure has suffered from lipidema - an abnormal and uneven accumulation of fat cells in different parts of the body.

Liposuction was standard, without complications. The patient of the clinic pumped more than thirteen liters of fat and her condition was assessed as normal.

However, thirty-six hours later, the Englishwoman felt a sharp deterioration in her well-being and called for emergency help. The woman spent in the hospital for about two weeks, and it took two months to fully recover. In England, such a case occurred for the first time, therefore it caused a serious response in the public. In other countries, fatty embolism in patients undergoing liposuction has already been fixed, although it is considered a rare pathology.

Valeria Sokolova, news editor