{"id":171691,"date":"2023-09-10T00:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T05:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/most-brain-aneurysms-dont-cause-symptoms"},"modified":"2023-09-10T00:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T05:23:55","slug":"most-brain-aneurysms-dont-cause-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/most-brain-aneurysms-dont-cause-symptoms","title":{"rendered":"Most Brain Aneurysms Don\u2019t Cause Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You could be walking around with an unruptured brain aneurysm. But don\u2019t panic \u2013 the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bafound.org\/about-brain-aneurysms\/brain-aneurysm-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brain Aneurysm Foundation<\/a> estimates that about 1 in 50 people in the U.S. has an unruptured brain aneurysm. <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/findadoctor.kansashealthsystem.com\/provider\/Koji+C+Ebersole\/1221103?unified=ebersole&sort=networks%2Crelevance&from=search-list\" target=\"_blank\">Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery Koji Ebersole, MD<\/a>, says people are surprised to learn that the majority of aneurysms don\u2019t cause any symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>An aneurysm develops when a vessel in the brain has a thin spot, which then fills with blood, creating a bulge or balloon shape. Most brain aneurysms are small, about the size of a pea. Because the brain itself has no sensory fibers, there is no pain and the brain doesn\u2019t register that the aneurysm is there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost patients find out they have an aneurysm for a completely unrelated reason,\u201d Dr. Ebersole says. \u201cMaybe they\u2019re having trouble with their sinuses and have a CT scan and the doctors find an aneurysm. When you learn you have an aneurysm, it\u2019s important to meet with a physician who\u2019s practiced in neurology to talk about the implications.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You could be walking around with an unruptured brain aneurysm. But don\u2019t panic \u2013 the Brain Aneurysm Foundation estimates that about 1 in 50 people in the U.S. has an unruptured brain aneurysm. Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery Koji Ebersole, MD, says people are surprised to learn that the majority of aneurysms don\u2019t cause any symptoms. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}