Fernando Morientes was to die! Real's legend has arrived at the hospital because of frequent plane travel

Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Sunday, April 20, 2025, 16:13 / Updated Sunday, April 20, 2025:13
Former player of Real and Valencia, Fernando Morientes (49 years old), did a pulmonary embolism and arrived in serious condition at the hospital, where he was admitted 5 days.
Legendary Fernando Morientes was close to losing his life! Ingitated in the show “Tiempo de Juego”, the former great player of Real Madrid and Valencia said that due to the many roads made by plane he suffered a pulmonary embolism!

Fernando Morientes tells that the night felt something and went to the doctor
“I felt bad after so many trips. During one of them started my chest. A pain like a jungle, under the sternum. I thought it was something of a gastric nature and I didn't want to go to the hospital.
But at night I felt something and went to the doctor immediately. The investigations began, looked at my heart and saw nothing, until they found a blood clot in the pleura. I had made a pulmonary embolism, ”said the former Spanish international.
Fernando Morientes: “The clot was formed at the knee level, due to the pressurized air”
How did it happen? “The clot was formed at the knee due to the pressurized air from the plane. My blood began to thicken at the altitude and climbed to the lungs. I spent five days in the hospital,” Morientes revealed.
Doctors told him that he will recover completely and that from now on “he will have to choose his travels with more care”. He concluded by sending a warning and awareness message.
Fernando Morientes: “It's a good idea to have heparin in you”
“It is important that people who travel often a week will be aware of these dangers. It is a good idea to have heparin to you, if you need to make many roads by plane.
However, I recommend that you make the best decisions and not to travel all the time, like me, ”concluded Morientes, not before thanking the doctors who saved his life.




