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Understanding A Brain Aneurysm
What Is A Brain Aneurysm?
A Brain Aneurysm Diagnosis Is Very Frightening
A brain aneurysm, aka, a cerebral aneurysm, is a weakened spot in an artery in the brain that begins to bulge out; if not caught in time they will cause a severe brain trauma and become very dangerous.
Your brain controls everything you do.
· Breathing
· Walking
· Talking
· Seeing
· Thinking
The list is almost never ending. A ruptured brain aneurysm can scramble these simple everyday tasks that are taken for granted. I, like everybody else, never gave any thought to what everyone does in life. When we stop breathing we die; it’s that simple. A brain trauma that goes untreated can lead to death.
The symptoms of the pending danger that an undiagnosed cerebral aneurysm displays are mistaken for the miserable headaches we all experience and believe that they will eventually go away. They don’t. The headaches get worse and more frequent.
Doctors do their best to give you some relief from the nagging headaches but most treatments for a brain aneurysm are only temporary at best. A doctor does have access to some very high tech diagnostic tools. A simple MRI, (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) can catch most brain aneurysms. However, times being what they are, most insurances companies hedge on allowing, what they consider a, frivolous, and expensive medical test.
A good doctor can order up an MRI but reasons for the test must be justified. The big plus is that the insurance companies are becoming a little more understanding when this type of diagnostic request comes across their desks.
The “Third Dimension 3D MRI, CT and Ultrasound tests are fast becoming the diagnostic tools of preference to get a clear picture of what is going on inside of one of their patients. The video below will give you an idea of what a brain aneurysm looks like.
Medical science has come a long way when it comes to diagnosing a cerebral aneurysm. Seeing what is causing the severe headaches does have a soothing effect. The problem now is to make a decision to let the doctors do their job and quite possibly save your life.
Most brain aneurysms, however, don’t rupture, create health problems or cause symptoms. Such aneurysms are often detected during tests for other conditions. Treatment for a brain aneurysm that hasn’t ruptured may be appropriate in some cases and may prevent a rupture in the future.>Understanding A Brain Aneurysm
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Thank you for your blog. It has shed some light for me, the daughter of a man who had a brain aneurysm, in 1974. I was 9 years old when my father’s life changed forever. At 37 years old he survived after a blood vessel had been leaking for two weeks. He had excruciating headaches and nausea and was diagnosed by an emergency room intern as having the flu. He continued to go to work every day. At night he would lie on the sofa as soon as he got home. Things just were not right. A week after the young intern’s near fatal diagnosis my father saw a chiropractor who saw his dilated pupils and had him rushed to a large hospital not to return for 6 months. He was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. He would undergo a 9 hour surgery and his chances were not good with death being the most likely. The other suggested outcomes being a permanent vegetative state, or survival with memory loss and no sense of smell. He did survive and what we all soon found out was he survived with significant long term memory loss and no sense of smell. He didn’t remember he had a wife or children but did remember his birth family. His personality changed in that once somewhat hardened was softer and compassionate and is now quite sensitive. My father never returned to the person we all knew. I have never had much of a relationship with him, my mother left him 8 months after his surgery and I chose to live with her. My Grandmother assumed responsibility for my father’s recovery. He had an extensive stay in a rehabilitation hospital then on to KAN DU and various other work rehabilitation programs for the next 5 years. He did eventually go back to a normal working life and retired at 65. A recent film about a woman who had memory loss peaked my curiosity about my father and I found your blog. My father is now 74,is remarried and resides in Western Michigan. Thank you for letting me share my story with you.
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