*AN ESTIMATED 6 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH AND WALKING AROUND WITH AN UNRUPTURED BRAIN ANEURYSM...TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE----THAT'S 1 IN 50!!!!!
*AN ESTIMATED 25,000 RUPTURES WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR, PUTTING THOSE PATIENTS IN SERIOUS LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION
*40% OF THOSE PATIENTS WILL DIE!!!
*OF THOSE WHO SURVIVE 4 OUT OF 7 WILL LIVE WITH SOME TYPE OF DISABILITY!!!
*BRAIN ANEURYSMS ARE MOST PREVALENT IN PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES 35-60!!! TAKE NOTE: THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE WHO RUN MARATHONS.
*ANEURYSMS ARE USUALLY DETECTED IN THE 3RD OR 4TH DECADE OF LIFE: I WAS 34, WHEN I HAD MY FIRST VASCULAR (COILING) SURGERY IN MARCH 2004...MY BABIES WERE JUST 3 AND 1 1/2 YEARS OLD.
*AND, WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO HAVE AN ANEURYSM, AT A RATIO OF 3:2!!!
*FINALLY, RUPTURED, OR BURST ANEURYSMS, ACCOUNT FOR 3-5% OF ALL NEW STROKES!!!
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