May 25, 2012
Topics A-Z Heart Disease Stomach Aneurysm or Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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Dear Ask The Doctor: My mom has just been diagnosed with stomach aneurysm she can't have surgery. Is there are signs or symptoms that we should watch for it case it ruptures? it is 5 cm in size. Can she travel? Dear Kathy: Stomach aneurysm (abdominal aortic aneurysms or AAAs) develop slowly over years and have no signs or symptoms until (or if) they rupture. When symptoms are present, they include deep penetrating pain in your back or the side of your abdomen, steady gnawing pain in your abdomen that lasts for hours or days at a time and numbness or tingling in your feet due to blocked blood flow in the legs. If an AAA ruptures, symptoms may include sudden, severe pain in your lower abdomen and back, nausea and vomiting, cold and sweaty skin, dizziness, a rapid heart rate and shock due to internal bleeding. She may travel but there are other factors like smoking, BP and cholesterol control and optimum control of her sugars, that are definitely required for the prevention of the rupture of her aneurysm.
Most abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) develop slowly over years and have no signs or symptoms until (or if) they rupture. When symptoms are present, they include deep penetrating pain in your back or the side of your abdomen, steady gnawing pain in your abdomen that lasts for hours or days at a time and numbness or tingling in your feet due to blocked blood flow in the legs. If an AAA ruptures, symptoms may include sudden, severe pain in your lower abdomen and back, nausea and vomiting, cold and sweaty skin, dizziness, a rapid heart rate and shock due to internal bleeding. She may travel but there are other factors like smoking, BP and cholesterol control and optimum control of her sugars are definitely required for the prevention of the rupture of her aneurysm.
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