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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)

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@astaingegerdm

Hi Kari,
What symptoms do you still have to deal with? I’m confused about what my body is reacting to. The surgery eliminated the horrible pain after meals, but for years I also have pain in that area after my gallbladder was removed. At the same time I had the excruciating attacks of pain that I now realize must have been related to MALS. On top of that I developed autoimmune illness of my entire GI tract, now healed.
I think it would have been helpful to have nutritional/ dietary advice. There were so many foods I avoided and couldn’t eat. I’m actually surprised not one physician ever brought it up. In addition- living with a chronic illness when you appear well is very frustrating.

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redhead63 | @redhead63 | Aug 16, 2019

I have MALS too but mine is due from having HEDS and I cannot have the surgery

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Kari Ulrich, Alumna Mentor | @kariulrich | Aug 16, 2019

I agree with you 100 percent!! MALS patients should consult a dietician before and after surgery ... and if not a surgical candidate a dietician can help. So many of us suffer from malnutrition without even realizing it.

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elle1233 | @elle1233 | Aug 31, 2019

Hi Ingegerd, I'm getting a little tangental here, but thank you for your reply to an earlier post. I had never heard of MALS before and have been reading about it. It does fit the pattern of what I experience to some degree - eating and activity, particularly bending over type things, exacerbate my pain. Not immediate, i.e. when I am doing it, but later on. I've always found this interesting but never found anything else ever talking about a relationship.

One thing I don't have however is vomiting. I have nausea, but don't vomit. It seems that vomiting is listed as a classic symptom with MALS (as well as mesenteric ischemia). This leads me to think (and I know my Dr. will think 🙂 ) that this couldn't be my problem. Did you have vomiting?

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