You can feel an air embolism although it may not always cause symptoms.
Some of the symptoms that air embolism can cause are chest pain, breathing difficulty, neurological symptoms such as altered mental status, confusion, dizziness, weakness, loss of consciousness and seizures.
Other symptoms of air embolism are nausea, vomiting, itchy skin, anxiety, joint and or muscle pain, irregular heart rhythm, blurred vision, vertigo and bluish skin.
Air embolism is when air bubbles enter your bloodstream and then block your blood vessels.
Air embolism results when air or gas is admitted into your vascular system and can occur via interventional procedures iatrogenically.
Air embolism can also result as a complication from a variety of circumstances ranging from penetrating trauma and blunt trauma to child birth and diving.
Other causes of air embolism are medical procedures such as central venous catheter placement or angiography or Barotrauma, decompression sickness, trauma, accidental or intentional injection of air into a vein or artery.
Barotrauma is changes in pressure like underwater diving or in airplanes.
Decompression sickness is when divers or underwater workers ascend too quickly.
Treatments for air embolism include oxygen therapy, removal of the air bubbles from your bloodstream using a catheter or needle, medications such as pain relievers or anticonvulsants or in the case of decompression sickness hyperbaric oxygen therapy.