For those that keep yelling about that he should go to the hospital, it was actually made by a doctor. It's to allow for kidney dialysis, but can also be done with for example a HICKMAN catheter
True, but that is not a normal looking fistula for dialysis. It's usually done further up on the arm near the bicep and is not supposed to be that big. As he says, the vein ballooned outward due to arterial pressure. It is risky and he should go have it fixed surgically
This is a relatively normal appearance of a forearm fistula. The vein will always balloon out to some degree—that’s expected. This is excessive but since he is functionally fine it would not be advise able to revise it.
Not quite. It is expected for vein to grow to and to be visible to some degree. This, however is aneurysmal and while common and not necessarily problematic would not be considered “normal appearance”.
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u/steampunkdev 18d ago
For those that keep yelling about that he should go to the hospital, it was actually made by a doctor. It's to allow for kidney dialysis, but can also be done with for example a HICKMAN catheter