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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 7 4:53am | Replies (1231)Comment receiving replies
I agree with annief. It comes down to how you manage the symptoms, quality of life. You also don’t have to make a decision now whether to have surgery or not. Sometimes it’s best not to rush into making a decision.
When I got my diagnosis, I had suffered for years with bouts of excruciating pain. In addition, I had chronic intestinal inflammation- unrelated. I was told the odds that surgery would help, but decided to go ahead if there was hope for improvement.
This is not a life and death decision- you can wait and see.
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if the symptoms are mild will surgery still be required, or can I just have it monitored?I MALS is left untreated,will it get worse with time or stay the same?I am confused because I don’t have the excruciating pain like I have been reading in the blogs.To me I think my symptoms have been mild.I do have some discomfort at times after eating.The pain is right under my diaphragm and lasts for a few hours.I thought it was just indiegestion. I eat very smalll meals but my weight stays the same or after a few weeks might drop a pound or two.