Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Prevention Focusing on heart health - TopicsExpress



          

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Prevention Focusing on heart health can also help you prevent AAA. That means watching your diet, exercising, and avoiding other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking. Your doctor might also prescribe medicines to treat high blood pressure or cholesterol or to help you control your diabetes. If you have ever smoked, or have other risk factors, your doctor may want to screen you for AAA when you turn 65. If so, don’t worry. The screening test uses an abdominal ultrasound to scan your aorta for bulges. It is painless, and it only needs to be performed once.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:30:00 +0000

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