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Stomach Protrudes, Overweight, Arterial Hernia
Question: I was at my cardiologist and have been informed I have an arterial hernia. he said he will not do anything because it's due to my being overweight but I feel this happened while lifting shipments over the years. My stomach protrudes and I have questioned this 6 years ago and he shrugged his shoulders then. What do I do now?
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An arterial hernia or aneurysm occurs when part of a blood vessel (artery) or cardiac chamber swells, - either the blood vessel is damaged or there is a weakness in the wall of the blood vessel. As blood pressure builds up it balloons out at its weakest point.
Causes of this herniation includes-Atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, smoking, vasculitis, cocaine use, etc.
Being overweight is indirectly associated to it. Lifting heavy weights is not likely to cause this problem. Loosing some weight, decreasing cholesterol will help.
I hope my answer and recommendations are adequate and helpful. Waiting for your further follow up queries if any.
Regards.
Thanks for writing to us.
An arterial hernia or aneurysm occurs when part of a blood vessel (artery) or cardiac chamber swells, - either the blood vessel is damaged or there is a weakness in the wall of the blood vessel. As blood pressure builds up it balloons out at its weakest point.
Causes of this herniation includes-Atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, smoking, vasculitis, cocaine use, etc.
Being overweight is indirectly associated to it. Lifting heavy weights is not likely to cause this problem. Loosing some weight, decreasing cholesterol will help.
I hope my answer and recommendations are adequate and helpful. Waiting for your further follow up queries if any.
Regards.
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