What is aortic wall sclerosis of the abdominal aorta?
Disease description:
At first, I just felt stomach pain, but later I began to feel something was abnormal. After examination, I was diagnosed with aortic wall hardening. I'd like to know what aortic wall hardening is.
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Zhang Jianbin
After the onset of the disease, as patients age, symptoms of the disease and hardening of the middle layer of arteries generally appear. Genetically, there is no obvious discomfort, meaning no clinical symptoms. It is often detected during physical examinations or abdominal color Doppler ultrasound. During CT examination, plaques and calcifications in the abdominal aorta are found, which lead to abnormal structural changes in the abdominal arterial wall. Under the influence of blood flow pressure, the arterial wall expands, forming an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
