Living Well: Brain Aneurysm Risk Factors
About one in 50 people in the U.S. have an un-ruptured brain aneurysm. According to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, early detection is critical as most are treatable. However, some patients may be misdiagnosed when initially seeking medical attention. In today’s Living Well, News 40’s Noah Faeber has the risk factors everyone should know in honor of Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.
It’s a spot on an artery in the brain, that’s weakened or thinned, causing it to bulge and fill with blood. Brain aneurysms are more common than you may know.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Mark Bain with Cleveland Clinic says not all aneurysms cause symptoms.
Larger steadily growing ones may cause pain above and behind the eye, numbness, weakness, paralysis on one side of the face, a dilated pupil in the eye, or vision changes. Bain says not all aneurysms need treatment and a lot of aneurysms are actually fairly safe. He says that people don’t think they’re safe but the rupture rates are very, very low.
