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Q: Cerebral Aneurysm
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littleman
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Hi there,
I've recently been getting head pains that are seriously worrying me. It has gotten worse since I searched online for possible causes when I came accross brain aneurysms.
After reading about these horrible things my head pains have gotten much worse and more consistent.
It's very difficult to describe the pains but it kind of feels like sharp (sometimes dull) little stabs over my brain. They are more frequent on the right side my my brain, and it literally feels like something is blocked or congested in there. As though the blood goes through a "road bump" in the nerve it's passing through. Perhaps a spasm in the nerve is a better way to describe it.
Sometimes this sensation feels as though it's directly in the middle of my head and sometimes I'm sure I can locate it in the nerve behind my eye. I just fear this spasm will get worse and someday soon I'll have the "ultimate" one and hear a "POP" along with it.
In 2 days it's caused absolute havoc in my life. I haven't been to the doctor because it's only been a few days since I've really gotten worked up over it, and what makes it worse is that I'm going travelling to Cyprus on Sunday so I won't have the chance to go unless I cancel my trip (something I can't do unless I REALLY have to, since I'm going to attend my granmothers funeral).
I just don't know what to do, I suffer from anxiety and I've had these sorts of problems before. A few months ago I was feeling similar sensations in my heart but those times it was more of "did I just feel something in my heart?" whereas now it's "I KNOW I just felt something in my BRAIN"
Can you get this kind of sypmtoms just by thinking about the conditions? I know I'm not suffering from a ruptured aneurysm (obviously), I'm just worried that I'm feeling an unruptured one getting ready to explode....
Should I go to the A&E to be on the safe side. Someone PLEASE reply....
Hope everyone is OK and NOT going through what I am right now.
(Sorry about the long post, I just wanted to make sure that I described everything down to a T)
I've recently been getting head pains that are seriously worrying me. It has gotten worse since I searched online for possible causes when I came accross brain aneurysms.
After reading about these horrible things my head pains have gotten much worse and more consistent.
It's very difficult to describe the pains but it kind of feels like sharp (sometimes dull) little stabs over my brain. They are more frequent on the right side my my brain, and it literally feels like something is blocked or congested in there. As though the blood goes through a "road bump" in the nerve it's passing through. Perhaps a spasm in the nerve is a better way to describe it.
Sometimes this sensation feels as though it's directly in the middle of my head and sometimes I'm sure I can locate it in the nerve behind my eye. I just fear this spasm will get worse and someday soon I'll have the "ultimate" one and hear a "POP" along with it.
In 2 days it's caused absolute havoc in my life. I haven't been to the doctor because it's only been a few days since I've really gotten worked up over it, and what makes it worse is that I'm going travelling to Cyprus on Sunday so I won't have the chance to go unless I cancel my trip (something I can't do unless I REALLY have to, since I'm going to attend my granmothers funeral).
I just don't know what to do, I suffer from anxiety and I've had these sorts of problems before. A few months ago I was feeling similar sensations in my heart but those times it was more of "did I just feel something in my heart?" whereas now it's "I KNOW I just felt something in my BRAIN"
Can you get this kind of sypmtoms just by thinking about the conditions? I know I'm not suffering from a ruptured aneurysm (obviously), I'm just worried that I'm feeling an unruptured one getting ready to explode....
Should I go to the A&E to be on the safe side. Someone PLEASE reply....
Hope everyone is OK and NOT going through what I am right now.
(Sorry about the long post, I just wanted to make sure that I described everything down to a T)
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Replies(3)
littleman
New User
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dr not
New User
I know a couple people who have died from a cerebral aneurysm.
Depending where the aneursym is, would depend if you would have symptoms or not. The one person died, suddenly. No health problems or headaches, just dropped dead.
The other person, knew there was an aneurysm because of progressive failing vision problems and headaches. The aneursym was clipped, this was before embolizations were being done to treat aneurysms.
When he passed, he had a very bad headache, the worst he'd ever felt, and he knew it was over then. He told his wife to call the rescue, and he was gone before they got there.
What you have sounds like tension or sinus pressure, but I'm no doctor. Go have a scan, and you can put your mind to rest. If you have an aneurysm, they have remarkable procedures that can treat these killers. They go through an artery in your leg, and they release a coil spring, through a catheter. The coil, expands inside the wall of the aneurysm and stops the blood from causing a ruptured artery.
You wont' know unless some tests are done. Good luck.
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Kraftyk
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