Unruptured aneurysms affect about 3.2% of people worldwide. Ruptured aneurysms are less common, occurring in approximately 10 per 100,000 cases. The above statistics come from the National Library of Medicine The average age at which they happen is 50 years. While the female-to-male ratio at this age is 1:1, after age 50, the ratio approaches 2:1....
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What to know about an unruptured brain aneurysm
Unruptured brain aneurysms rarely cause symptoms. Some may not require treatment, but a doctor may actively monitor them for signs of growth. Others may require surgery to seal the aneurysm and prevent rupturing. A brain aneurysm is a weak area in a brain artery that may balloon and fill with blood. Aneurysms do not typically...
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Knowing you have a brain aneurysm may raise anxiety risk, other mental health conditions
News Release 26-Aug-2024 Even if the risk is small, the potential of a debilitating brain vessel rupture may be a psychological burden, finds new study in the Stroke journal Peer-Reviewed PublicationAmerican Heart Association Research Highlights: People diagnosed with unruptured cerebral aneurysms (weakened areas in brain blood vessels) who are being monitored without treatment have a...
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New study reveals possible link between gastrointestinal syndromes and risk of brain aneurysm
NEWS RELEASE 22-JUL-2024 Reports and ProceedingsSOCIETY OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There is a potential connection between a diagnosis of certain gastrointestinal (GI) syndromes and the formation and rupture of intracranial (brain) aneurysms, according to research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 21st Annual Meeting. An intracranial aneurysm (IA) occurs...