Heart :: Plaque Found On Aorta
Mar 4, 2016
So I am a 34yo male and I was having palpitations and asked the dr to do a work up so he did an echo and a sonogram of my aorta to check for aneurysm. The echo came back good no issues and there was no aneurysm or evidence of one my measurements were all good. However the report said that plaque was found in all the areas of my aorta ascending descending and mid and in my right and left iliac arteries. The doctor said this was unusual and abnormal for my age. I haven't got to actually talk to him it wrote it on the report that I got. I don't have a follow up for about 1 month and I'm curious what the outlook is on this. I smoked for a couple years when I was 18 and completely quit. I have always been somewhat active(not sedentary) the last 3-4 years I have been lifting weights and running I weigh 220 and I'm 6-3 somewhat built. I look and feel healthy? I'm kinda thinking that I can't live a long life anymore?
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For years I have been suffering with a pulsating stomach and ibs. That's what the doctor said it was, being that the scan I had done showed up nothing so the doctor put it down irritable bowel syndrome.
In May this year I went for an endoscopy and colonoscopy. A couple of biopsies were taken.
The results were normal, apart from a hiatus hernia and anaemia, the anaemia they put down to the fact that some time ago I was taking anti-inflammatory tablets for arthritis. On a course of iron tablets for the past three months.
Last Thursday I went for my blood test result, and I mentioned about the pulsating in my stomach. She told me t lie down on the bed while she felt my stomach. She told me that it was the aorta pulsating.
My stomach drives me nuts especially in the evening when I am Sat down.I don't know if the pulsating is due to the ibs or the hernia or both.
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My younger sister aged 50 was diagnosed with TAA of 5.1 cm in January and operated in February due to her small frame. She is recovering well which is encouraging. I have been meaning to go and have a check myself but kept putting it off. I went to my GP 2 weeks ago and he immediately picked up a murmur. Echo followed by a CT scan confirmed I also have an aneurysm but mine is still at 4.27 and I am 55 years old. Clearly we have a genetic disposition but mine is growing more slowly (so far) . I am in shock and still cannot get my head round it. I am fit, practise yoga, follow mainly a vegetarian diet, don't smoke, hardly drink and do not have high blood pressure. I am now now in 'watchful waiting' and will have another CT scan in 6 months time. I have been advised to take Beta Blockers and was wondering how patients react to them. I have a professional job in sales and need to keep my energy up. I have off course been considering giving up work but sitting at home waiting for my aneurysm to grow will not help me. I would also like to know if aneurysms always grow and if I need to accept that mine will be bigger by the time I have my next CT?
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but today i found a little lump near top of anal opening ,its little red colored and when i touch it it's like a round shaped hard thing.
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How much time a patient of "coarctation of aorta" & " transposition of great arteries" can live after the success operation of an arterial switch.......
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