Abdominal aortic aneurysm self-examination is to see if there are high risk factors for aortic aneurysm and to do physical examination by oneself.
1. High risk factors: The high risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm are high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, smoking, advanced age (over 50 years old), elevated blood lipids and glucose, high blood viscosity, high uric acid, high stress, high body weight, and inactivity, etc. In particular, it is important to pay attention to the family history of aortic aneurysm. Pay particular attention to any family history.
People with these characteristics are more prone to abdominal aortic aneurysms than the general population, and the prevalence is higher in men than in women.
2. Physical examination: when you are relaxed, you can touch your belly button with your own hand on the left side or on the right side or right above, if you feel that there is a lump beating in these places and your heart is beating, it is very likely to be abdominal aortic aneurysm, and it is easier to touch it in skinny people than in fat people.
Risk factors and physical examination can only be described as high suspicion of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and you need to go to the hospital in time for more detailed examination, such as CTA, abdominal vascular ultrasound and so on.