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Celiac Artery Dissection (CAD)

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OK, I’m really new here. I’m a 56 year-old female that was just diagnosed with celiac artery dissection. Treatment is being delayed on that at this time other than cholesterol medication because during the angiogram they found I had a pulmonary embolism in my right lung. I feel lucky to be above ground right now very scared and very confused. I feel blessed they chose to keep me in the hospital and find anything as they kept saying I “did not fit the profile“ but here I am. I have noticed much activity at all brings back the pain and difficulty to breathing. Exactly how rare is this thing? Thank you for any advice anybody has! Blessings

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@shellyleanntaylor I was just diagnosed with Celiac dissection last week. In my research, I:ve found an article that says there were only 200 case studies ever before the 2000s. Technology has made a difference in imaging and finding these rare abnormalities. Chatgpt gave me two numbers. It said dissection rate is .2% to .001%. I then asked it to translate in to population amount. 5-10 people out of a million.