My best friend has what the doctor called an AV malformation in her lungs. They said they have to operate. I am trying to find out as much info as I can. Is this condition life threatening? Will she be able to resume normal activities when this is all done? What are her chances of surviving the surgery? Please, serious answers only!! This is my best friend and I need to know if she will be ok.
2006-08-23 05:16:58 · 17 answers · asked by precious 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Arterial Venous Malformations traditionally present in the head.They are benign and easily treated surgically via direct resection and or partial lung resection.If not fully removed it can grow back.Your friend will be fine post recovery!!!
2006-08-24 16:14:15 · answer #1 · answered by Freethrashing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVM is arteriovenous malformation. normally, the arteries and veins or the passageway or conducting vessels of the blood are separate and have no connection. All arteries comes from the heart and carries blood rich in oxygen which they deliver to the different parts of the body, while all veins drain the different parts of the body and carry used blood to the heart then to the lungs where again they can be loaded with oxygen. This is true for most but the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein since the p. artery carries blood coming from the right side of the heart to the lungs where oxygenation takes place, so blood here still has no oxygen. then from the lungs, the pulmonary vein then carries the oxygenated blood back to the heart to be redistributed to the body.
sometimes, people may feel nothing but others may have symptoms like easy fatigability, coughing of blood, chest pain, etc. this has to be corrected because a loose piece of clooted blood can travel through this anomalous communication and go to the brain causing an infarct or a stroke or even brain abscess or infection.
Surgical repair can have perioperative mortality rate of 0-9% that's risk for complication or death from the procedure. After surgery, the risk for recurrence can be as high as 12%.
What is important is that patients as evaluated carefully before surgery so that adequate preparation can be done
2006-08-23 12:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's some extra bloodvessels that sometimes mess up circulation.
This could mean blood that should go to the lungs for new oxygen, gets mixed with blood that has oxygen for the rest of the body.
This results in less oxygen for the body.
He might have low stamina, may get tired fast.
It's a operation that will try to remove these unwanted bloodvessels, restoring normal bloodflow.
It's a procedure that's near the lungs, and as often, does carry risks.
All I can say for sure is that they have special training for such operations and the churgions are specialists in this field.
2006-08-23 12:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by vernes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google it. She was born with the condition and has made it this far. The surgery is scaring but almost routine now. It is a way to keep the condition from giving her big problems later in life. Just be there for her and clean her room for her while she's not feeling well.
2006-08-23 12:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by murph_ltt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An AV malformation is a vascular abnormality that is present at birth. It is not a cancer. Chances are good that it can be repaired.
2006-08-23 12:24:07 · answer #5 · answered by dey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ur friend will be ok after surgery. if the malformation is small the prognosis after surgery will be excellent and ypu don't have to worry about it at all. the name of her disease may also be Osler-Weber-Rendau syndrome. search for this name in texts.
2006-08-23 12:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by alirezasay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the doctor assessed it and believe they can do it then you don't have to worry too much about it, for they will not try anything if the chances are nil. to a well trained doctor it does not seem too difficult like most would usually think.
2006-08-23 15:55:56 · answer #7 · answered by *** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that you'd wished you'd been a doctor, so here is some of your research material;
http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/09.02/09.02.0998.asp
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/neuro/archive/8357.html
http://www.moh.gov.ps/pmj/2pdf/Imaging.pdf#search=%22AV%20malformation%20in%20the%20lungs%22
http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/59/4/999
http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/117/5/931
There is much more material out there about this ailment, I'm not sure that you want to know too much.
2006-08-23 12:26:57 · answer #8 · answered by Insight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a serious case,but don't worry,she WILL BE OK....
Good luck to ur friend
2006-08-23 12:26:03 · answer #9 · answered by S_J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVM is serious, but I think it can be treated, it sometimes come back in different areas. My brother had it in his back
2006-08-23 12:19:28 · answer #10 · answered by martin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋