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Maybe your mother had a brain aneurysm. Or your father’s sister. Or maybe one of your siblings.
Getting the news that you have a brain aneurysm can be scary.
When a person has an aneurysm, the wall of a blood vessel either balloons or bulges out, due to a weakened area in the wall.
About 5 percent of people have a brain aneurysm, in which the wall of the blood vessel is weakened and either bulges or balloons out, according to MedlinePlus.
Throughout the body are blood vessels which transport blood. When a weak area in the blood vessel’s wall balloons out, this is called an aneurysm.
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