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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS): What can I eat?
Digestive Health | Last Active: May 19 2:54pm | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
@imarino - I know the pain you have had. Extreme, especially after meals.
The ligament is pressing on the celiac artery that supplies blood to the intestines and some organs.
After a meal the intestines need an increase in blood supply in order to digest.
The pain has same reason as chest pain when the coronary arteries can’t supply enough blood to the heart muscle.
There is no specific diet for this, but I had less pain when I ate small and easily digested meals. Small, more frequent meals could help.
If you will need surgery you can find a surgeon with experience in MALS surgery. Mayo Clinic is a good choice.
Have you been losing weight?
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Did you have surgery? I don’t know what to eat . Same stuff over and over. Drs keep doing CT’s and I just need relief
@astaingegerdm
I was finally diagnosed with MALS recently. I Am Having surgery June 3. It took going to doctors for years. My pain management doctor sent me to the vascular surgeon who in turn sent me to a transplant surgeon. I had severe back pain , my stomach would swell up and feel like it was about to burst, the shots for back pain quit working. So that’s why I was sent to the vascular surgeon, he felt like he would need to open me all of the way up to do the surgery. So that is why I was sent to a transplant doctor who does robotic surgery. For any blood loss, he will use a blood cell salvage machine and he will also use hemodilution , where my blood will be taken out before surgery and fluids with minerals will be put in and after the surgery he will replace the blood that was taken out, that way there will be no red blood cells lost. As far as what to eat, I think it might not be wise to eat salads. I love salads and think I’m having trouble digesting them, definitely probably need foods that are easy to. digest, I need to research things like eggs, potatoes, sweet potatoes are better for you, bananas, applesauce, like I said I need to research it more because I’m having problems too with food. Hope you feel better soon.
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I believe I have started losing weight but its very hard to tell because I am still so swollen and everytime I think its going down it just flares back up. I am going to look into the mayo clinic, the specialist I had diagnosed me has never performed the surgery before and it made me feel a bit uncomfortable.