**If you have an abdominal aortic aneurysm, quitting smoking, controlling blood pressure, keeping scan appointments, and getting repair when needed help protect your health.**
Your treatment depends on the aneurysm's size, how quickly it grows, your symptoms, and your overall health. A small aneurysm usually needs regular ultrasound scans to track changes. Your clinician may prescribe blood pressure or cholesterol medicine, and a vascular surgeon should assess a large, rapidly growing, or painful aneurysm. Eating nutritious foods and getting regular exercise at a level your clinician recommends support your heart and blood vessels.
How an aneurysm is treated
Common questions
What helps Abdominal aortic aneurysm?
If you have an abdominal aortic aneurysm, quit smoking, take prescribed blood pressure and cholesterol medicines, and keep your ultrasound appointments. These steps support your blood vessels and help your clinician track growth; they do not repair the aneurysm. Your clinician uses its size, growth, symptoms, and your health to decide whether monitoring or surgery is appropriate. A large, rapidly growing, or painful aneurysm needs assessment for repair. Call 911 for sudden, severe belly or back pain, fainting, or trouble breathing.