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Husband has a 4.9 aortic aneurysm and has been hiking @ high elevations. will this increase the size of the aneurysm and should he not hike?
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Depends: Yes if willing to take risk of rupture, then no one wants to take risk of rupture . 4 to 5 cm aa will have .0.5 % to 5 % chance of rupture 5 to 6 cm has 3% to 6% ask your vascular surgeon he will advise what is best.
Answered 9/18/2017
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Take it easy: Hiking will not cause any rapid change in the aneurysm size . Risk of rupture of 4.9cm AAA is around 1% for a male patient , but any extreme high blood pressure can increase tension on the wall and induce rupture , so he can excercise but should take it easy.
Answered 7/27/2018
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