Brain aneurysm

I have a friend with brain aneurysm. Is this treatable? What is the life expectancy of this disease? The friend has had it for almost 40 years.

Depends on where in the cerebral circulation it is. How did they find it?

The friend faints, has heart failures and chemical inbalance resulting in unpredictable moods. I actually wonder if the disease is real or exaggerated.

I'm not a Dr but an aneurysm is a condition more than a "Disease". It's a when an artery in the brain bulges, creating pressure on a part of the brain. Like a brain tumor it can cause the symptoms you stated depending on the location in the brain. Generally the greater concern is of the aneurysm bursting.

I'm not a Dr but an aneurysm is a condition more than a "Disease". It's a when an artery in the brain bulges, creating pressure on a part of the brain. Like a brain tumor it can cause the symptoms you stated depending on the location in the brain. Generally the greater concern is of the aneurysm bursting.

 

Usually the problem is not from pressure from brain aneurysms causing problems. That's brain tumors. The issue can be ischemia but yes, the biggest concern is rupture. If it's an end artery with no collateral flow.

I learned a lot more about them than I wanted to know several years ago when my wife had one rupture. The prognosis for people with ruptured cerebral aneurysms isn't good (half or more die either immediately or within a week or two, and a significant percentage of those that survive have long-term disabilities). But your friend's situation sounds odd. If he's had one for 40 years, presumably capable specialists have determined that it doesn't pose enough of a danger of rupture to coil it or clip it (and either procedure is better to do before rupture than after). If he were having symptoms I would think they would want to fix it, but the fact he's supposedly had it for 40 years would tend to make one think it isn't likely to rupture anytime soon (or that he's erroneously described his problem).

A friends mother died of a massive one last month.

I learned a lot more about them than I wanted to know several years ago when my wife had one rupture. The prognosis for people with ruptured cerebral aneurysms isn't good (half or more die either immediately or within a week or two, and a significant percentage of those that survive have long-term disabilities). But your friend's situation sounds odd. If he's had one for 40 years, presumably capable specialists have determined that it doesn't pose enough of a danger of rupture to coil it or clip it (and either procedure is better to do before rupture than after). If he were having symptoms I would think they would want to fix it, but the fact he's supposedly had it for 40 years would tend to make one think it isn't likely to rupture anytime soon (or that he's erroneously described his problem).

I hope that your wife was ok!

I hope that your wife was ok!

 

She was very lucky, thanks! Has had some seizures since then and takes medication for that but no other disabilities.

I lost a leg from one

My sister died from one when she was just 12 years old. Its a day I'll never forget.

My sister died from one when she was just 12 years old. Its a day I'll never forget.

Very sorry for you, no warning or history just happen on my part, can now only look at paddle shifts cars

My sister died from one when she was just 12 years old. Its a day I'll never forget.

 

Terribly sorry to hear that, heart-wrenching