Ginseng in the belly – abdominal aortic aneurysm

Ginseng, I believe we should not be unfamiliar with it, because its root is fat, spindle-shaped, often forked, and its whole appearance is quite similar to the head, hands, feet and limbs of a person, so it is named, is a famous Chinese and foreign, known to all young and old valuable medicinal herbs, known as the “king of all herbs”. We all know that ginseng grows freely in the wild, but have you ever thought about what it would be like if ginseng grew in the stomach? This happened to a patient …… Mrs. Yan, 64 years old, from Jiangxi province, suffered from renal failure and had been maintaining hemodialysis for 1 year, except for that, the old lady was generally in good condition. At the same time, a minimally invasive method was applied to treat the stenosis of the arteriovenous fistula. However, during the CTA examination of the left upper extremity to review the recovery of the arteriovenous fistula, there was a problem. Two days later, the results came out, and the old lady found the film interesting and bragged to the other patients: “Look what I have in my hand, ginseng, haven’t you seen it before? The doctor was dumbfounded when she saw the film and immediately reacted – abdominal aortic aneurysm. The doctor was dumbfounded when he saw the film and immediately reacted – abdominal aortic aneurysm. He hurriedly stabilized the old lady and called an emergency meeting with all the family members, probably meaning that the disease was very dangerous and that the family had to be informed of the critical condition and had to sign. What to do? The family asked the doctor to take them to the consultation ward, so the internal medicine doctor had no choice but to report upwards and take the family and push the old lady straight to the vascular surgery director’s office. “Ginseng from Changbai Mountain has grown into your stomach”. After reading the film in detail, Director Qu found that the largest diameter of the aneurysm was nearly 150px, which was more than three times the normal diameter, and it was full of attached thrombus and ulcers, and the real thickness of the aneurysm wall was very thin. Despite this, Director Qu introduced the old lady’s condition in detail with easy-to-understand language, and upon further questioning, it turned out that she had always had symptoms of hidden abdominal pain, but she just didn’t care about it. Subsequently, with the help and care of the nephrology and vascular surgery staff, the old lady was promptly treated, and minimally invasive surgery was arranged as soon as possible to dig up the “ginseng”, reshape the blood vessels and eliminate the hidden danger. I believe that not only Mrs. Yan, but also many people want to know what abdominal aortic aneurysm is a thing? In fact, abdominal aortic aneurysm mainly occurs in older people over 60 years old, related to atherosclerosis, hypertension, long-term smoking and other related diseases (renal insufficiency, syphilis, etc.) damage to the quality of blood vessels, mainly refers to the expansion of the whole layer of the abdominal aorta expansion, after the occurrence of long-term impact with blood flow can gradually increase, as a balloon, its harm is mainly manifested in three aspects: compression of surrounding tissue, causing turbulence The damage is mainly in three aspects: compression of surrounding tissues, formation of thrombus dislodgement, and dilatation rupture. However, because patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms are usually clinically asymptomatic, many patients are discovered unintentionally or are detected only after the onset of symptoms, which makes diagnosis and education about the disease very difficult, as Donel, president of the Austrian Society of Physicians, said: “At present, the diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms in Austria is mostly arbitrary. Some experts estimate that about six out of seven patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms are not treated correctly.” The situation in China is not believed to be good either. The diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm is not difficult at present, with the help of ultrasound, CT, arteriography, DSA, etc. The main purpose is to prevent rupture. The rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm is directly related to the size of the aneurysm diameter. If the aneurysm is large, early surgery should be performed, while patients with small aneurysms should have regular imaging examinations (e.g., ultrasound), and once the aneurysm tends to increase, timely surgery should be performed to prevent serious consequences. In terms of the current national situation, it is urgent to popularize the knowledge about abdominal aortic aneurysm and do a good job in primary prevention, then in our daily life, we should pay attention to the prevention of atherosclerosis, prolong the life of blood vessels, ensure the quality of blood vessels, and prevent the occurrence of aneurysm; secondly, control blood pressure, reduce the impact damage of blood vessels, prevent aneurysm and reduce the formation of thrombus at the same time; finally, regular physical examination, check the body Only in this way can we detect the disease and defuse this time bomb in time.