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I'm afraid something bad is going to happen to my mom..she's always sick :(
My mom had & blood clot & pneumonia twice & almost died like 2 years ago. She has diabetes & glaucoma. She can't get all of her medicine & every time she goes to the doctor they find something wrong with her. She's always coughing up mucus. Right now she just found out that she has a blocked artery in her neck & heart. I don't know if they are going to do something about her arteries. Can the doctors unblock her arteries?
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While I am not a doctor and I cannot say for sure just what the doctors will do since there are a number of factors they will have to take into consideration. TO answer your question; yes doctors can open or un block an artery.
One of the concerns the doctors must take into consideration is if the can open the vein or artery without braking of any of the plaque or blood clot sending it to the brain which could cause a stroke.
If the concern is that they may not be able to do that. The doctors may elect to insure adequate blood flow to the brain by making sure the veins on the opposite side of the neck remain open.
How they do that is by putting in something called a Stent in the vein. Which is the same thing they would have put in the side of the neck with the blocked artery or vein if it could be done safely. A Stent looks somewhat like the toy called a slinky.
The doctors place the Stent in the vein by entering the vein in another part of the body. This is usually done by an interventional-radiologist using a fluoroscope which is an x-ray machine. When they get to the area of the vein they want to open or keep open the deploy the Stent which opens and expands the vein.
The procedure itself is relatively easy for both the patient and the doctors. They use this procedure very often for people who have had heart attacks to open the blocked arteries rather than going right to open heart surgery. The procedure is done in what is called a cath. lab and the patient is awake but sedated.
Just what the doctors will do for your mom is going to be based on what the doctors feel is best for mom based on moms condition. You cannot force the doctors to do a procedure they feel is not needed or life threatening.
My advice is to ask the doctors if a Stent is appropriate in you moms case then listen to their answer. If you or mom is unsure of their answer you have every right to a second opinion for which the insurance company in most states is obligated to pay for.
I hope this answers your question.
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Yes they can unblock it, they usually go through the main artery in the leg.
You see, you have said what's wrong with your mum, but not how all this was caused. Does she smoke? Does she eat well?
I know you're concerned, but you need to come with her to the doctors-speak with the doctor after/before she does to ask if there's anything to worry about.
Why can't she get all of her medicine? Is it too expensive?
All you can do-all that is sill in your power, is to just reassure your mum, and ensure she eats a healthy diet, drinks plenty of fluids etc and takes her meds.
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