Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Introduction
A localized widening or bulging of the abdominal aorta which is a major blood carrying vessel. A rupture of the weakened bulge is considered very serious because of the large volume of blood carried by this vessel. ...more »
Symptoms of Abdominal aortic aneurysm
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Curable Types of Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Possibly curable types of Abdominal aortic aneurysm include:
- Cystic medial necrosis associated with abdominal aneurysm
- Coronary artery disease asoociated with abdominal artery disease
- Structural collagen disorders associated with aortic aneurysms
- Syphilitic aneurysm
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Rare Types of Abdominal aortic aneurysm:
Rare types of Abdominal aortic aneurysm include:
- Cystic medial necrosis associated with abdominal aneurysm
- Coronary artery disease asoociated with abdominal artery disease
- Structural collagen disorders associated with aortic aneurysms
- Syphilitic aneurysm
- more types...»
Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Complications
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Causes of Abdominal aortic aneurysm
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Medical Textbooks Online about Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Medical Books Excerpts
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- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or from delaying...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have...read more »
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, ...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat....read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack,
whereas there are various less...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact,...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
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Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
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Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
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Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
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Some of the better known...read more »
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Clinical Trials for Abdominal aortic aneurysm
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Definitions of Abdominal aortic aneurysm:
An aneurysm in that part of the aorta continuing from the thoracic region and giving rise to the inferior phrenic, lumbar, median sacral, mesenteric, renal, and ovarian or testicular arteries.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
An aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Abdominal aortic aneurysm, or a subtype of Abdominal aortic aneurysm,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Abdominal aortic aneurysm as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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