When you're thin....

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  • betuel75
    betuel75 Posts: 776 Member
    I dont fee any pulse or quiver and i can see veins on my abdomen and obliques.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    betuel75 wrote: »
    I dont fee any pulse or quiver and i can see veins on my abdomen and obliques.

    The pulse doesn't come from those veins; it comes from the descending aorta in the back of the abdomen. It is more easily felt in women than in men who are more 'built' in the abdomen because muscle doesn't transmit the pulse as well as soft tissue does. ( think of how ripples move through water as compared to vibrations through more solid matter)
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    This is why heavily pregnant women aren't meant to sleep on their backs, so it doesn't get compressed :-)
  • BigDaddyFred06
    BigDaddyFred06 Posts: 1 Member
    Wish I was a "cardio cowboy " but God blessed me with a jelly roll spray tan
  • ElizabethFuller
    ElizabethFuller Posts: 352 Member
    Yes, I've got one too. Thank you for pointing that out, I hadn't noticed it before!! (For some reason, can't think why :) )
  • qubetha
    qubetha Posts: 83 Member
    edited September 2015
    If you have a family history of collagen disorders (like, but not limited to, Ehlers Danlos, hypermobility or Marfans) or more specifically aortic aneurism, also if you have very low blood pressure (routinely dizzy or very high heart rate when standing and/or while performing other various non-exercise actions) then stay on the safe side and get it checked out by ultrasound. I fell into several of the above categories and my doctor had me go and get it examined. Turned out I was fine! But there will need to be regular checks every two years because the pulse can cause "stretching" (to put it in crude lay person terms) and that might lead to aneurism later in life.

    If you don't know if you fall into the above categories and you have thoroughly examined your family history then it's probably safest to ask your doctor about it just in case. An ultrasound is pretty quick and painless and great for peace of mind!
  • FoodFitnessTravel
    FoodFitnessTravel Posts: 294 Member
    i thought everyone could feel it, not only skinny people
  • kyrannosaurus
    kyrannosaurus Posts: 350 Member
    I'm not what you'd call "thin" but yes, I can feel the pulse on my abdomen. You just have to know where the pulse points are to feel in the right place.
  • binglebandit
    binglebandit Posts: 531 Member
    This probably has something to do with genetics as well. I haven't noticed a change since getting smaller, but I'm not "thin", just average. I do wanna say, I've always been able to visibly see the pulse in my wrists, no matter what my weight. I don't think that's very common either. So I'm guessing some people might never see their abdominal pulse no matter their weight, just depending on how veiny they are.
  • rrosasco
    rrosasco Posts: 1 Member
    To echo what qubetha said, a new systematic review published on small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) recommends screening for AAA; it also indicates that patients with small AAA are at higher risk for other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

    Bath MF, Gokani VJ, Sidloff DA, et al. Systematic review of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular death in patients with a small abdominal aortic aneurysm. Br J Surg 2015;102(8):866-872.

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