A brain aneurysm is a bulge in an artery in the brain with the potential to rupture. A ruptured aneurysm can cause a type of stroke called a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Not all aneurysms cause stroke, and vice versa. However, if a person is at risk for a burst aneurysm, treatment is often required to prevent this potentially life-threatening occurrence. Practitioners can’t detect an estimated 85 percent of aneurysms until they burst.
However, if the patient can seek them quickly enough, there are treatments available for stroke and aneurysm. TYPES OF STROKES Hemorrhagic : account for an estimated 13 percent of all stroke types; occurs when a vessel in the brain bursts. Blood spills into the brain which compresses it, depriving of oxygen and blood from getting into the brain. The result of one of two causes: an aneurysm or a collection of abnormal blood vessels in the brain that can rupture…
