Hey,
i hope you are doing good now. My mom had a surgery last week .Actually she had a snmall aneursym in her middle cerebral artery
an artery of brain that aneurysm had a chance of bursting and causing a massive haemorrage in brain.But timely intervention and neurosurgeons have successfully ligated that aneurysym and she is recovering from the operation.
I know nothing @ it and was just wondering does that happen repeatedly ??? How are you taking care of yourself??? Me and my mom live in different countries so I was worried.

Hi, i'm glad you responded. Mine was in my temporal lobe, so i'm experiencing what's known as "temporal lobe seizures", which are a, from what I gather, a form of epilipsy dealing with memory loss, depression, and pain. I pray your mom has a different kind and recovers quickly.
My best,
tim

i lost my mum to a brain aneurysm november 2007 just before my 18th bday i was just wondering if someone could explain what could of caused it an how it happened so fast? thankyou x

and also is it possible that i could have it?

ON Feb 4 1999, I crashed my car, blood had leaked from an artery in my frontal lobe, causing me to pass out. Once at the hospital a CT was ran and determined I had a cerebral anureysm. Mine also was frontal lobe. I lost my Grandmother in 1993, her artery burst before we could get her to the hospital. Where mine was only leaking, a craniotomy was performed and a state of the art(I like saying that) titanium clip was put in. I do not remember crashing, I do remember loosing concioueness. The next I remember was trying t olearn to walk again. I also took the dog shears and tried to "fix" the otehr side of my head, as hte left side was shaved for surgery............took a long time and lots of patience form a lot of family and friends......but now, I do have short term memory loss, I have 30% hearing loss in both ears, sense of smell is about shot, headaches are finally under control as of this year. Neuro. has me on 75mg of nortriptyline a day. It been 9 years now and I think I've done pretty good. Any other questons please feeel free to ask!

For the most part, an aneurysm is a balloon like bulge in a blood vessel/artery. If the bulge keeps on growing, it can eventually burst, causing hemorage, meaning the blood leaks outside of the artery/blood vessel. It's like pinching a hosepipe, where if the hosepipe is soft enough, it forms a bulge which would eventually burst. Anuerysms is also not confined to the head but can form any where in the body where an artery is un-able to support the pressure of the blood flowing through it.

There is many factors that could cause an anuerysm...

Trauma:

Like in Fairy Godmother's case, trauma such as an accident, falling down a flight of stairs or any event that would cause the flow of blood in the artery to be disrupted.

Genetic Predisposition:

I have a genetic disorder, which for many reasons, such as heart-valve prolapse and weak arteries, make me highly susceptable to Anuerysms.

Cholesterol:

Cholesterol is the build up of fat in the arteries which causes an increase of pressure due to blockage... Like for instance if a rock or mud got lodged in a hosepipe.

Old Age:

The weakening of the arteries as a consequence of the aging process.

The biggest factors in determining the risk, is blood-pressure, relative age, cholesterol and the general health of your arteries.

If you are concerned, you can have your blood pressure and cholesterol checked by your local doctor. I am sure he/she will understand and try to determine wether there is any genetic predisposition in your family.

Were you told what the cause was of your Mom's anuerysm?

All of the best! Let me know if you need any further information

Seraph, I crashed my car because the artery had leaked blood into me head casuing me to pass out. I did not have an anureysm because of an accident. My neurosurgeon says there is no way to tell if someone will develop a "bad spot" in an artery, not only are they in the brain, but stomach as well as other places. The cause of my anureysm is undeterminded. My Grandmother was only in her early 70's, so age was not a factor in determing what caused her to have one. I truly do believe it is hereditary and these ARE in deed passed on from generation to generation, but some medical science reports beg to differ with me. Thank you so much for explaining it so well in detail! Please take care of yourself!

Thanks Fairy Godmother. I am just glad to be of some help.

I would beg to differ with those science reports , it is definately inheritable. The scary part of my condition, is that I have a much higher chance of developing a "bad spot" in an artery. They can monitor the major concern, which is aortic-dissection, but they can't monitor what is happening in the rest of your body. I am not even allowed to pick up anything heavier than 10kg's as there would be a risk of an anuerism forming or bursting.

I will add you to my prayer list! Just please, take care of yourself!

Thank you.

You are just as much in my thoughts and prayers.