The symptoms listed below are typically found in patients with abdominal vascular compression syndromes. Albeit each symptom may have a variety of causes, it might be helpful to explain their relationship to vascular compressions. Click on the linked symptom to get a more detailed explanation.<\/p>\n
In these, frequently chronic and severe symptoms, a functional, quantitative color duplex sonography applying the PixelFlux-technique should be considered to detect or rule out vascular compression syndromes:<\/p>\n
Abdomen<\/a>, Vegetative symptoms<\/a>\u00a0Pelvis<\/a>, Thorax<\/a>, Head<\/a>, Back<\/a>, Legs<\/a>,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Abdomen<\/p>\n Chronic pain, especially in the upper abdomen, below the sternum<\/a><\/p>\n Flank pain – especially on the left side<\/a><\/p>\n Pain, increasing after a meal<\/p>\n Inability to eat enough<\/a><\/p>\n Problems eating solid food<\/p>\n Sensation of food stuck inside the intestinal tract<\/p>\n Vomiting, belching, bilious vomiting<\/a><\/p>\n Changing symptoms when changing body position or posture<\/p>\n Irritable bowel symptoms: constipation alternating with diarrhea<\/p>\n Weakness of gastric and intestinal peristalsis<\/a><\/p>\n Enlarged stomach<\/a>, sometimes extending below the belly button<\/p>\n Persistent nausea, especially when provoked by food intake<\/p>\n Inappetence (loss of appetite \/ early satiety despite inadequate intake of food )<\/p>\n Severe, unintentional weight loss<\/p>\n Hemorrhoids \/ intestinal bleeding (if unexplained after colonoscopy)<\/p>\n Severe gastro-esophageal reflux, if no improvement after gastroscopy and adequate treatment of the common causes occurs<\/p>\n Massive\u00a0abdominal distension after a meal, bloating<\/p>\n back to the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Vegetative symptoms<\/p>\n Nausea<\/p>\n Dizziness<\/p>\n Palpitations<\/p>\n Sudden, unexpected episodes of diarrhea<\/p>\n Blood pressure fluctuations<\/p>\n Fainting spells<\/p>\n blackouts<\/p>\n Sweats, especially after compressing the upper abdomen<\/p>\n Disturbed intestinal peristalsis<\/p>\n Anorexia<\/p>\n Nausea, belching<\/p>\n Weight loss<\/p>\n Daytime urgency<\/p>\n Headaches<\/p>\n back to the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Pelvis<\/p>\n Menstrual pain<\/p>\n Urinary symptoms<\/a><\/p>\n Recurrent painful, burning micturation\u00a0 – after exclusion of an infection<\/p>\n Micro – or macrohematuria – otherwise unexplained<\/p>\n Pain<\/p>\n during sexual intercourse – dyspareunia<\/p>\n after only slight pressure on the lower abdomen<\/p>\n radiating into the genitals<\/p>\n in the perineal region<\/p>\n during bowel movements<\/p>\n when micturating<\/p>\n Unbearable pain below the navel, often right to the midline<\/p>\n Improvement of pain when crouching, curling up , when flexing the hips, when raising the legs while sitting or laying supine<\/p>\n Increased pain when standing, walking or during mental\/emotional stress<\/p>\n Pain in the region of the appendix after exclusion of more common causes<\/p>\n Endometriosis pain that does not respond to treatment<\/p>\n back to the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Thorax<\/p>\n Thoracic pain: behind the sternum, in the region of the heart<\/p>\n Difficulties with breathing : inability to inhale deeply<\/p>\n Asthma, which does not respond to asthma therapy<\/p>\n Unexplained attacks of respiratory distress, which might have been classified to be asthma attacks<\/p>\n Sudden palpitations when the patient changes body position or after a meal<\/p>\n Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)<\/p>\n Blocked inspiration<\/p>\n back to the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Head<\/p>\n Preliminary note: severe and progressive symptoms should always be presented to a neurologist, ENT specialist, ophthalmologist and radiologist<\/p>\n Chronic headache in chronic abdominal pain<\/p>\n Obstructed nasal inspiration in the morning, which disappears after getting up<\/p>\n Nosebleeds of unknown cause<\/p>\n Migraine<\/p>\n Neck pain, pain that spreads from the neck over the entire skull<\/p>\n Dizziness of unknown cause<\/p>\n back to the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Back<\/p>\n Back pain, especially left sided<\/p>\n Scoliosis<\/p>\n Severe lordosis<\/p>\n Pulsating back pain<\/p>\n back to the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n