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So what can be done preventatively against a brain aneurysm? Seems like there is something called a Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
by codecamper 6y ago
So 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.
- chansiky 6y agoI guess that would also entail, surrounding yourself with people who don't embroil your blood pressure. That's something within some level of control.
- rotterdamdev 6y agoTaking your vitamins is the first step. People seem healthy until it turns out they had chronic low levels of vitamin D and K.
- czbond 6y agoAny thoughts or places to look for what impacts D & K have on the condition?
- petercooper 6y ago(I'm not really here to discuss the pros and cons, false positives and what not here as it's a complex topic, but..) I have a medical every three years that involves a full body MRI and ultrasounding which monitors for both brain and aortic aneurysms. There are people who have caught aneurysms in early stages through such monitoring, but there are enough downsides to such screening that it's not something that would usually be recommended for everyone. My next is next week and I'm going to try and tweet as much of the process as I can since enough people have asked about it in the past.
- czbond 6y agoDo you have an idea of some of the downsides? (Imagining cost - but also radiation?)
- yellow_postit 6y agoNot the poster but I imagine false positives as one specific cost to excessive monitoring unless there’s an underlying condition or history that necessitates it. One of the reasons in the US they raised the recommended age for mammograms.
- Simon_says 6y agoMRIs and ultrasounds don't involve any ionizing radiation. You may be thinking of CT scans or X-rays.
- petercooper 6y agoAs a sibling response says, false positives are a big issue. Understanding risks is another issue (consider if you're told you have an aneurysm with annual risk of spontaneous rupture at 0.1% versus an operation with 10% mortality rate.. do you choose the op?) In some people, indulging anxieties around health can be problematic in itself or have mental health repercussions. Anxieties could also be aroused by benign findings. For example, I have a 7mm cyst on my left kidney. It is entirely benign and not growing but some people may find such a finding unduly alarming and seek treatment they don't need.
- dharmab 6y agoDiet and exercise.
- EricE 6y agoAnd sleep. Since I made a real effort to re-establish regular sleeping patterns of sufficient length (sadly I need a full 8 hours) the diet and exercise thing also got a lot easier to whip into shape too.
- loco5niner 6y agoDon't know why you're being downvoted. Anecdotally, my brother-in-law had surgery to correct an aneurysm, and was told to change his diet and start running after to help his recovery.