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Complications of Aneurysm

An aneurysm under the brain may burst, causing serious bleeding into the fluid surrounding the brain. This is called a subarachnoid haemorrhage and causes very severe headache, usually followed rapidly by loss of consciousness or other signs of damage to the brain. There may be neck stiffness, vomiting, weakness or paralysis of various parts of the body, and even death.

An aneurysm of the aorta may also leak. This, too, is an emergency situation. Rupture of an aortic aneurysm, particularly a large one, often causes death.

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