Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Question: fibromuscular dysplasia? i know that people who have carotid FMD have a higher risk of develping an intracranial aneurysm, but what are the odds of developing one if a patient refuses an angioplasty?

Answer: Patients with impaired carotid arteries may have nonspecific complaints including dizziness, temporary blurring or loss of vision, tinnitus (ringing or buzzing in the ears), vertigo (feeling as if the room was spinning around you), neck pain, and or chronic headaches. However, a person with severe FMD may have neurological symptoms involving the facial muscles (drooping of the face, for example), stroke, or transient ischemic attack. People with carotid FMD have a higher risk for intracranial aneurysms (abnormal dilations of the arteries in the brain). An intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) may occur if an aneurysm ruptures Most individuals should take an antiplatelet agent daily (i.e., aspirin). Aspirin therapy (81mg a day or 100mg every other day) is now recommended for stroke prevention in women under 65 as long as the benefits outweigh the risks. All patients who use tobacco should be encouraged to quit. Exact odds are not given but, it is evident that without treatment the odds go up. If you are concerned contact your or your family members Cardiologist & discuss the odds pertaining to your/their case. Angioplasty is the only treatment listed, so if advised by the doctor....hopefully, the patient would change their mind. Good luck! http://www.fmdsa.org/about_fmd.html http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/fibro…

Question: What does it mean in laymens terms when someone dies of "fibromuscular dysplasia of the small coronary artery? Please give me some source material as well.

Answer: Fibromuscular dysplasia is a disease that involves narrowing of blood vessels (arteries). It is essentially due to changes in the blood vessels wall, narrowing of the blood vessels therefore less blood is able to travel to the tissue (eg. heart). If the narrowing is severe enough, then the blood vessel (artery) will not be able to provide enough nutrients to the tissue (eg. heart) and this will lead to the death of the tissue, If heart tissue is involved, we call this a heart attack (myocardial infarction). Heart attacks may just damage the tissue but it can certainly lead to death. The blood vessels of the heart are called the coronary arteries. Fibromuscular dysplasia is not related to a disease called atherosclerosis which is the most common cause of heart attacks. Fibromuscular dysplasia is much rarer. Fibromuscular dysplasia usually involves the arteries that supply the kidneys and it is very rare for it to involve the coronary arteries. It can of course affect any artery in the body. I hope this answers your question and if not let me know. Rescources http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibromu… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromuscul… http://www.fmdsa.org/ http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/fibro…

Question: Nayone have fibromuscular dysplasia? I amd diagnoed with it? Can you she]are some information about that.

Answer: I dont have FMD but I am familiar with the disease. I work in a vascular surgery office so we see some of these patients. FMD can affect your arteries-especially your renal arteries to your kidneys and your internal carotid arteries that feed your brain. Health care professionls call it the "string of beads appearance" your arteries actually become narrowed and then normal and then narrowed again so blood flow is restricted through these arteries. Usually this disease affects young(30-40's) women. I would ask your doctor if you should see a vascular doctor of have some tests i.e. ultrasounds, angiograms to check your blood vessels for any of these narrowings. If you have high blood pressure or are having any stroke like symptoms I would definately go to the doctor.

Question: 18 and VERY severe hypertension i suffer from very severe secondary hypertension, the cause of my high blood pressure is FMD (fibromuscular dysplasia) which is a disease in my renal arteries, My blood pressure is usually around 180/140 and has known to be 230/140 but usually sticks around the 180/140 mark with medication, te meds i am prescribed are amlodipine,aspirin,bisporolol,Bendroflum… and ramipril. I know that optimun blood pressure is 120/80. My question is does anybody have any ideas how to control my bp (i eat healthily, am not overweight) and also, the risks of my blood pressure being so high The meds i am prescribed; aspirin amlodipine bisporolol Bendroflumethiazide candesartan labetalol methyldopa ramipril thank you everyone who has answered, my renal arteries have been stented but the damage is already done, my left kidney is now 4cm and my right 8cm. the stenting doesnt appear to have done much good. I also have tahcycardia, my pulse is usually around 190 to 230 bpm

Answer: Unfortunately, this type of hypertension is going to be hard to treat. My mother has secondary hypertension and has had it for years to no avail. Her cocktail was hydrazaline 3 x a day, and tenormin 50 mg. Had also taken Lisinopril, Cardizem etc. I hope you can find a good combination that will lower your pressure. My mom finally ended up end stage renal failure and had to go on dialysis. Adside from the prescribed drugs, you can do other things to help lower the pressure like exercise, lowering or avoiding high saturated and trans fats. Keeping your blood vessels healthy is the key because it is the pressure that destroys them and causes the fats to get clog as the blood vessels narrow or weaken. Cook with olive oil, and eat plenty of fish (Omega 3). I am sorry to hear of you kidney disease. It runs rampant in our family because of hypertension.