How do you tell if you have an aneurysm in your leg?
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How do you tell if you have an aneurysm in your leg?
What are the symptoms?
- A pulsating lump that you can feel.
- Leg or arm pain or cramping with exercise, called claudication.
- Leg or arm pain with rest.
- Painful sores or ulcerations involving the toes or fingers.
- Radiating pain or numbness in your leg or arm, which is caused by nerve compression.
How do you treat leg aneurysm?
Peripheral Aneurysm Treatment
- Open surgical repair to remove the aneurysm and replace it with a graft.
- Endovascular repair, a minimally invasive technique that uses catheters and guidewires to place a stent graft inside the blood vessel.
What happens when an aneurysm bursts in your leg?
A popliteal aneurysm is bulging and weakness in the wall of the popliteal artery, which supplies blood to the knee joint, thigh and calf. A popliteal aneurysm can burst, which may cause life-threatening, uncontrolled bleeding. The aneurysm may also cause a blood clot, potentially requiring a leg amputation.
Are leg aneurysms common?
Risk factors Popliteal artery aneurysms are rare. They are more common in men than in women. Popiteal artery aneurysms often occur in men with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a swelling of the wall of the body’s main artery (aorta). Anyone diagnosed with popliteal artery aneurysm should be screened for AAA .
What does a femoral aneurysm feel like?
Symptoms of a femoral aneurysm are often silent if the size of the aneurysm is small. However, you may experience a pulsating lump in the thigh, leg cramps during exercise (claudication), radiating pain, or numbness in the legs due to nerve compression.
Can aneurysm go away by itself?
Aneurysms develop over a lifetime,” he says. “Another is that an aneurysm can disappear or heal itself. This is very rare and only happens in aneurysms that are considered benign because the flow of blood is so slow it eventually forms a clot and seals off the bulge.”
Can an aneurysm cause leg pain?
Because blood can pool in the part of the aorta that is bulging, some people develop blood clots inside the aneurysm. If one of these clots breaks loose, it can end up clogging a blood vessel in one of the legs. This can lead to symptoms such as pain, numbness, or tingling in the leg.
How do you know if you have a femoral aneurysm?
When should I be concerned about leg pain?
See your doctor as soon as possible if you have: Signs of infection, such as redness, warmth or tenderness, or you have a fever greater than100 F (37.8 C) A leg that is swollen, pale or unusually cool. Calf pain, particularly after prolonged sitting, such as on a long car trip or plane ride.
How do you fix a femoral aneurysm?
Surgery is generally required to treat femoral aneurysms. Your surgeon will replace the artery with a graft or create a bypass around the area of the artery where the aneurysm is located. It’s important for you to carefully control high blood pressure with medication, if necessary.
