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Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Sep 11, 2019 | Replies (59)

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@jenniferhunter

@jwillits8 Hello and welcome to Connect. Here is Mayo Clinic's information on Fibromuscular Dysplasia.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fibromuscular-dysplasia/care-at-mayo-clinic/mac-20352152

From this link, you can also find doctors who treat this condition. I looks like they monitor for changes. Here is a quote from this page on the Mayo Clinic website.

"The most common form of fibromuscular dysplasia looks like a "string of beads" on imaging tests. Other forms of fibromuscular dysplasia have a smooth focal appearance.

Once you've been diagnosed with fibromuscular dysplasia, your doctor will follow you clinically. Occasionally, for example if you have an aneurysm, or if your symptoms change, you may need repeat imaging to monitor the arteries."

You can refer yourself for care at Mayo Clinic. You do not need to get a doctor to do that, but it can help. Have you worked with a physical therapist on balance? Was there a reason that your doctors gave for you passing out? Was that blood pressure related and have you been treated for this?

Another option for care under the Mayo umbrella is the Mayo Clinic Care Network where specialists at other hospitals are connected to specialists at Mayo Clinic and you can receive your care locally at one of these hospitals. That may be important if you need to be seen on an emergency basis and cannot travel to Mayo or wait for an appointment.

if you wish to seek care at Mayo Clinic at any of the 3 main campuses, you may use this link. http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63

This link has information where to find specialists in the Mayo Clinic Care network.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic/care-network/members

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I did not get an answer to why I fainted. I have received physical therapy four times. Doctors took me off blood pressure pills in April due to a positive tilt table test. I recently got back on blood pressure med. I don’t seem to be getting my strength and endurance back.
Fibromuscular dysplasia showed up on a neck angiogram. a neurologist ordered. He will refer me to Madison.