Women smokers, like men, likely to get fatal aneurysms
Women, put down that cigarette. You are as likely as men to have potentially fatal aneurysms which happen in the main artery leading from the heart, a new study found.
“Smoking is a major risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and the risk appears to be as strong among women,” said lead author Dr. Eiman Jahangir, a senior lecturer with the University of Queensland School of Medicine-Ochsner Clinical School program in New Orleans.
AAA occurs when a person’s aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body, swells to a larger size. The aorta runs from the heart through the abdomen delivering blood to much of the body.
Symptoms of an abdominal aortic aneurysm may include a pulsing feeling, swelling or pain in the stomach area.
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