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Treatment

Treatment depends mainly on the size of the aneurysm. The larger the aneurysm, the greater the chance of breakage. Emergency surgery for a ruptured aneurysm involves a higher risk of death than elective surgery.

It is generally recommended surgery for aneurysms in beginning to leak. It is recommended in people with aneurysms larger than 5.5 cm in diameter, unless there is another disease that involves a big risk for surgery. Even without symptoms, almost always was to carry out emergency surgery for a person with an aneurysm 6.5 cm higher.

People with smaller aneurysms may not be operated but must have an ultrasound every 12 months for those with aneurysms smaller than 3.5 cm and every six months for those with aneurysms larger than 3.5 cm. These tests are performed to see if the aneurysm grew. Read the rest of this entry »

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Duration

Once an aortic aneurysm develops, it is a lifelong condition. Most of these aneurysms grow over time, and are expanded at an average rate of 0.33 cm to 0.5 cm per year.

Prevention

By controlling risk factors like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking and diabetes can reduce the risk of developing an aortic aneurysm. If you have high cholesterol, eating a diet low in fat and cholesterol and, if necessary, take medication to lower cholesterol. Read the rest of this entry »

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Symptoms

Most aortic aneurysms do not cause symptoms. Are often discovered during routine physical exams or radiographs. The symptoms can include:
- pain in the abdomen, back or sides of the body
- feeling of fullness after eating
- nausea and vomiting
- a pulsatile mass in the abdomen

Sometimes you can get blood clots (thrombi) near the aneurysm. These clots can break off and block blood vessels elsewhere in the body, and thus produce symptoms of arterial occlusion. Read the rest of this entry »

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a potentially fatal abnormal dilation (looks like a ball) of a segment of the body’s largest artery, the aorta. The wall of the artery dilatation instead of remaining straight.

The aorta carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to smaller arteries of the body. An abdominal aneurysm occurs in the abdominal aorta in the section of the aorta between the lower chest and pelvis.

Normally, the aorta is about one inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Its size gradually increases as people age. If the abdominal portion of the aorta is enlarged more than 3 cm, it is said that there is an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Read the rest of this entry »

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