The aorta is called the largest artery in the human body. She departs from the heart, passes through the chest cavity and stomach and is responsible for transporting blood to all organs. It is very dangerous to face the symptoms of an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. And there is this disease, you need to say often enough.
What is an aortic aneurysm?
An aneurysm is diagnosed in the case when a separate aortic site expands and protrudes. And as practice shows, this happens most often in the abdominal cavity. In a place where the artery appears to expand, the vessel becomes thinner, and at one point it may not withstand blood pressure. Aneurysm rupture is deadly.
As a rule, atherosclerosis leads to the appearance of symptoms of an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. With an ailment, cholesterol accumulates in the blood, and atherosclerotic plaques form on the walls of the arteries, which can protrude beyond the vessel.
The factors that determine aneurysm formation are the following:
- hereditary predisposition;
- overweight;
- insufficient physical activity;
- age (ailment is more often diagnosed in older people);
- high blood pressure;
- fibromuscular dysplasia;
- tuberculosis;
- Marfan syndrome .
What are the symptoms of abdominal aortic aneurysm?
An aneurysm is considered a dangerous disease not only because it can lead to death. The problem is also that it is not so easy to learn about it as about most other ailments. Many patients for a long time safely live with a thickening on the aorta and do not even know about it. And they learn about the problem by accident - during preparation for any operation, for example.
If, however, the aneurysm of the aorta of the abdominal cavity makes itself felt, then it makes such signs:
- One of the most important manifestations of the disease is the appearance of pulsations in the abdominal region.
- A symptom such as a feeling of heaviness or raspiraniya in the stomach is common.
- Some patients will learn about the problem after contacting specialists with blunt aching pain. Soreness is mainly localized in the navel area.
There are also the so-called indirect symptoms of an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta:
- Abdominal syndrome causes frequent eructations, vomiting, indigestion, impaired appetite, and severe weight loss.
- It also happens that the chronic abdominal ischemia becomes a sign of an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. Because of it, walking muscles ache on the legs, there is intermittent claudication, trophic disorders are observed.
- Pain in the lumbar region is the result of compression of the nerve endings of the spinal cord in ischioradicular syndrome.
- Against the background of compression of the ureter or displacement of the kidney, a urological syndrome develops. It is characterized by a feeling of heaviness in the lower back, the appearance of blood veins in the urine.
Symptoms of the impending rupture of the dissecting aneurysm of the abdominal aorta
Before the rupture of pain usually intensify. They are felt in the perineum, inguinal area. There is a feeling of weakness, there is dizziness. Some patients have acute abdominal syndrome.
These signs signal large-scale internal bleeding. Therefore, it is desirable to contact the ambulance as soon as possible.
Diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm symptoms
The most rapid aneurysm is found by the radiography of the peritoneum. To clarify the details - the prevalence and the exact location, the condition of the walls of the vessel - conduct:
- magnetic resonance imaging;
- computed tomography;
- color ultrasound Doppler scanning;
- digital subtraction angiography.