Bacon. Cured meats have a short shelf life, even in the freezer, because of the high fat content and the development of rancid flavors. Rancidity develops even in the freezer and the presence of the curing salts hastens its development. The Food Marketing Institute recommends that opened bacon not be frozen. Their recommendation is that unopened bacon only be frozen up to one month.
What causes a VTE? Anyone can develop a VTE, but some things increase the risk of it occurring. For example, injury from trauma or surgery triggers the bodyâs natural clotting process, as do high levels of the hormone oestrogen and smoking. The more of these risk factors you have the greater the chance of having a VTE.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) refers to both DVTs and PEs. Systemic embolisms of venous origin can occur in patients with an atrial or ventricular septal defect, through which an embolus may pass into the arterial system. Such an event is termed a paradoxical embolism.