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Brain aneurysm is truly something terrible, I lost a friend to it a couple of years ago. (She was 22 at the time and in good health). She just woke up one day i
by woutr_be 6y ago
Brain aneurysm is truly something terrible, I lost a friend to it a couple of years ago. (She was 22 at the time and in good health). She just woke up one day in the middle of the night with a headache and had to vomit. On the way to the hospital she fell into a coma and never woke up. Really scary.
- Aeolun 6y agoIt's just, such a terrible thing to think about. Nothing you can do either.
- woutr_be 6y agoIt is, she was on life support for about a week, the doctors had said that there was no chance she would ever wake up, so her parents decided to take her off life support and donate her organs. I can't even begin to understand what they must've gone through, such a terrible thing to happen to anyone. I went to see her the night before (as did many of her friends), it's very unsettling knowing this is the very last time you'll ever get to see that person. And especially given her age, it's very upsetting how unforgiving life can be.
- input_sh 6y agoMy significant other (23 at the time, otherwise perfectly healthy) felt a sudden headache one evening. Since it didn't stop, she was taken to the emergency room immediately, where they've dismissed her with "menstrual problems". A day after that the pain didn't stop, she ended up in the hospital, and had a (fortunately successful) brain operation some days later. Luckily it was in an accessible place, so she ended up with no apparent long-term damage. Definitely a terrible situation to be in. About 4% of people have it, and a small percentage of those only find out when it bursts.
- fbnlsr 6y ago4% seems to be a scary high number. Glad your SO made it fine.
- sosuke 6y agoBeing dismissed from the ER while having serious conditions that they overlooked is an awful experience. I wanted to let you know that my wife and I can sympathize with you and your SO.
- dralley 6y ago>Since it didn't stop, she was taken to the emergency room immediately, where they've dismissed her with "menstrual problems". Infuriating.
- ainiriand 6y agoIt is something terrible, and really scary. My best friend at the time suffered one at 23 years old. He eventually recovered but he suffered a huge loss of concentration capabilities and had to drop from college eventually. He also fought with speech impairment for many years but with a lot of training he was able to recover 99% of it.
- codecamper 6y agoSo what can be done preventatively against a brain aneurysm? Seems like there is something called a Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
- codecamper 6y agoLooks like the shift from 3T to 7T will really open up what they can see inside the brain: https://www.auntminnie.com/index.aspx?sec=rca&sub=ecr_2019&pag=dis&ItemID=124686 https://www.auntminnie.com/index.aspx?sec=rca&sub=ecr_2019&p...
- SubiculumCode 6y ago7T scanners for structural imaging is amazing, hands down. I dream daily of being able to move on my the 3T I get to work with for brain volumetry.
- mlyle 6y agoAbout 1 per 100,000 people have a ruptured brain aneurysm each year. You have to screen a whole lot of people to detect one person who will suffer from this. Worse, you'll get a whole lot of "positives" / questionable imagery in people who would never have had a problem, and may end up giving some not insignificant number of people unnecessary brain surgery.
- ainiriand 6y agoHaving a controlled blood pressure really helps. Other than that... good luck I guess.
- TheHypnotist 6y agoAlso not being a smoker. But that's not really preventative I guess.
- loco5niner 6y agoAbsolutely, it's preventative.