What is aortic aneurysm and what are the main symptoms

What is aneurysmal dilatation of the aorta? What are the main symptoms of an aneurysm?

Aortic aneurysm is not a true tumor, but a mass formed by the outward expansion or dilation of a part or multiple aortas caused by various reasons. It is called an aneurysm. Quantitative definition: an aneurysm in which the artery diameter is dilated or expanded to a greater extent than the normal artery diameter.

Thoracic aortic aneurysm is a part of the human aortic aneurysm, and there are also abdominal aortic aneurysm, visceral, peripheral and limb artery aneurysm. Syphilis was the most common cause in the past, but now the most common cause is arteriosclerosis, and middle-aged and young people often see cystic necrosis and degeneration in the middle layer of the arterial wall. After years of clinical research, it was found that in addition to syphilis, patients with aortic aneurysms also have a familial tendency, not only Marfan syndrome, but also abdominal aortic aneurysm.

What are the main symptoms of an aneurysm?

1. Morning headache is a common early symptom of cerebral aneurysm, often occurring at four or five in the morning, often waking up from sleep, and the headache gradually eases or disappears after getting up, so it is called "morning headache". Posterior cranial fossa tumors can cause neck pain that shoots to the eye sockets. As the cerebral aneurysm progresses, the headache gradually worsens.

2. Early symptoms of cerebral aneurysm can cause visual impairment. Increased intracranial pressure can cause venous blood in the eyeball to flow back to the brain, leading to edema and decreased vision. Patients with severe cerebral aneurysm have punctate, linear, or flaky lesions or even hemorrhage in the retina of the fundus, and blurred vision.

3. Symptoms of cerebral aneurysm show that vomiting in patients with cerebral aneurysm is not accompanied by abdominal distension, nausea and diarrhea, but when intracranial pressure increases, "jet-like vomiting" symptoms will appear after headache. This is also one of the early symptoms of cerebral aneurysm.

4. Mental abnormalities. Brain tumors located in the frontal lobe of the brain will destroy the mental activities of the frontal lobe, leading to mental abnormalities such as excitement, agitation, depression, and depression.