2006-12-01 20:11:50 · 12 answers · asked by tiger tim 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
<>An aneurysm is a widening of a blood vessel with a corresponding weakening of the walls of the vessel. If the pressure inside gets too great, the vessel wall can tear and the blood will leak out. This is a ruptured aneurysm.
2006-12-01 20:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by druid 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think your question has been answered for the most part - just wanted to add/clarify a couple of points people raised in previous answers. The general answer you got is right. An aneurysm is the weakening of a blood vessel wall that expands as blood flows through it. As it expands, the walls of the vessel weaken further. Rupture is when it bursts and bleeds into the body.
Location of this occurence in the brain is called a stroke or cerebrovascular accident(CVA). But that is not the only thing that can be called a stroke. So while a ruptured brain aneurysm is a stroke...a stroke is not a ruptured brain aneurysm.
Aneurysms can occur in other places of the body as well.
As for treatment, generally, the bleeding is stopped via surgery and clotting. Subsequent treatment is usually required to be sure it doesn't re-occur. This can be done by "clipping" the aneurysm, meaning that a metal clip is surgically implanted to block off the weak area of the blood vessel. The newer option was mentioned above, in which metal coils are placed in the weakened area. The coils cause blood flow to slow and eventually a clot forms in that area, sealing off the aneurysm.
Hope this helped
2006-12-02 07:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very bad news for the patient unless they get to a hospital EXTREMELY quickly. Its the rupture of a main blood vessle - the most devastating being when the aorta goes. Patients do survive if they get to theatre very rapidly - the aorta if this is the vessle that's gone, is clamped below the renal vessles so that organs are still supplied with blood - and a graft is sewn in place. Usual causes are smoking, poor diet, obesity. Patients who survive can live a normal life & consider themselves very lucky indeed. Some aneurysms are detected before danger point & the surgery can be planned in which case the survival is much higher. I've seen plenty & assisted at many of these long operations. It's plumbing really but inside a persons body!!
2006-12-02 04:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
an aneurysm is a weak spot in an artery, it can cause a bulge in an artery wall. because this is a weak spot, it is more likely to burst, or 'rupture'........ which, depending on where abouts in the body it is, can be extremely dangerous, and sometimes fatal. my friend's dad died of a ruptured aneurysm in his brain.... there are treatments for this, usually involving major surgery. there was a program on BBC1 2 weeks ago about a guy who had brain surgery to isolate the ruptured aneurysm in his head.... they fed a long thin tube up a vein in his leg, and guided it up through his veins til they got to the aneurysm.... they then fed a series of tiny metal coils through the tube, and the coils were positioned in and around the area that had been bleeding - this was medical equivalent of a plug ! the guy made a full recovery......
2006-12-02 04:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
An artery has smooth muscle as part of it's wall to cope with the pumping of the heart. This so it can expand and assist with the movement of the blood. When a weak spot occurs in this muscle wall a protuberance can occur. As you get older your arteries deteriorate in condition often due to, age, diet or smoking. It's like when you squeeze a half full balloon of air and part of the balloon protrudes through your fingers. This protuberance will now contain blood and be weaker than the rest of the blood vessel. If it burst it lets the blood out of the blood vessel. This can happen anywhere in the body but some of the more well known areas are in the Aorta or Brain. If it happens in the brain it's called a stroke. If it's the aorta which is the main artey from the heart which carries oxygenated blood, to the rest of the body.
2006-12-02 21:08:36 · answer #5 · answered by russell B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aneurysm is a bulging or ballooning of a vessel at a weak spot. When the aneurysm expands beyond its ability to stretch the aneurysm bursts. When this occurs serious consequences result, and death can occur. Once it is found aneurysms should be managed carefully.
2006-12-02 08:03:33 · answer #6 · answered by JOHN M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an aneurysm is an enlarged, weakened area of a blood vessel. if this ruptures, blood leaks into surrounding tissue. depending on the size and the site of the affected blood vessel, this will be of varying seriousness.
white males have the highest likelihood of having aortic abdominal aneurysms; if these rupture, death generally follows within 2 minutes, since this is the largest blood vessel in the body and huge amounts of blood are rapidly lost. high blood pressure is also a predisposing factor for this.
2006-12-02 04:42:55 · answer #7 · answered by cryllie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a bulge in a blood vessel, if its ruptured it leaks blood into the surrounding area, depending on where it is it can be dangerous.
2006-12-02 04:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
an aneurism is a blister, or weak spot on an artery or vein. if it ruptures, depending on severity and location, can be deadly or crippling. a brain aneurism bursting is called a stroke.
2006-12-02 04:16:41 · answer #9 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's bad news.
Lost a dad that way.
2006-12-02 04:19:30 · answer #10 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋