When to see a doctor for Aneurysm?

If you experience any of the following, contact your healthcare professional right away:

• Lightheadedness
• Quick heartbeat
• Abrupt, excruciating pain in your back, chest, abdomen, or head

 Aneurysm Risk Factors

Many groups are affected differently by various aneurysm types. Females are more affected by brain aneurysms than those males. Males are more frequently affected by aortic aneurysms.

Individuals with a higher risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms are usually

• males,
• older than 60 years,
• and smokers.

Aneurysm Complications

When an aneurysm ruptures, internal bleeding results. Depending on where the aneurysm is located, a rupture may be extremely risky or even fatal.

A blood clot that forms in your neck and spreads to your brain can be caused by an aneurysm. An aneurysm in the brain that bursts results in a subarachnoid hemorrhage. This kind of stroke is sometimes referred to as a brain bleed.

Aneurysm Diagnosis

Testing is necessary if you get a sudden, severe headache or other symptoms that could indicate an aneurysm rupture. Diagnostics might reveal whether there has been bleeding into the region between your brain and the tissues around it.

The following screening exams and techniques are used to identify and find brain aneurysms:

• A CT scan: When a stroke or other type of bleeding in the brain is suspected, this CT scan imaging is typically the first test performed. The test yields 2D pictures of the brain.
• A spinal tap, often known as a lumbar puncture: Red blood cells will most likely be present in the fluid surrounding your brain and spine if you've experienced a subarachnoid hemorrhage. A test of this cerebrospinal fluid can assist in making a diagnosis if you have signs of a ruptured aneurysm but a CT scan does not reveal any signs of bleeding.
• An MRI. This imaging procedure produces precise 2D or 3D images of the brain using a magnetic field and radio waves. If there is brain hemorrhage, the scans can demonstrate it.
• Cerebral Angiogram: A catheter, which is a small, flexible tube, is utilized during this surgery. A major artery, typically in the wrist or groin, is where the catheter is placed. Your heart is bypassed when the catheter travels to your brain's arteries. A unique dye is placed into the catheter, and it travels to the arteries in your entire brain.