Less than 5 cm in diameter may be conservative treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Old Lee touched his abdomen with a mass, and with the heart beat, to the hospital, the doctors let him do the color Doppler examination, found his limited expansion of the abdominal aorta, 4 cm in diameter, formed abdominal aortic aneurysm, and the doctor 1 every six months he color Doppler examination, observation of tumor size, even when it is necessary to do surgery or interventional therapy.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a common disease, arterial distensibility, hypertension and atherosclerosis is the underlying causes of aneurysm, atherosclerosis, so that wall elasticity, weak part of the blood flow impact in the gradual enlargement, prominent, the formation of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Normal abdominal aorta about 2 cm in diameter, if the abdominal aorta diameter greater than 3 cm or in part, is 1.5 times greater than the remote, that is known as abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Most abdominal aortic aneurysms have no symptoms, many in the medical examination found that some pulsating abdominal mass. Color Doppler ultrasound examination can clearly show that vascular thrombosis in shape and so on diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm valuable diagnostic method for the current selection. CT and MRI can show the tumor and the relationship between retroperitoneal and spine, but costs more.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is like a time bomb body, once broken, the death rate as high as 50% to 80%, more than 5cm of significantly increased risk of aneurysm rupture, a sudden severe lower abdominal or back pain that threatened to burst Aneurysm , need immediate medical attention.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm less than 5 cm in diameter, you can take a conservative treatment to control blood pressure, do a color Doppler ultrasound examination every six months to observe the changes of aneurysm. Symptoms or if the aneurysm is greater than 5 cm in diameter, should take surgery or interventional therapy.
Cheng Huaimeng