These can include polycystic kidney disease, fibromuscular dysplasia, Arteriovenous malformations, coarctation of aorta and certain connective tissue disorders like Marfan s syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. One of the major symptoms of aneurysms is headache. This occurs when an aneurysm ruptures inside the brain producing a brain hemorrhage. The headache is usually described as the worst headache of life . Sometimes aneurysm rupture causes loss of consciousness leading to coma and death.
Some aneurysms can produce double vision, blurred vision and stroke with paralysis.
On other occasions aneurysms produce no symptoms and are discovered incidentally when a MRI or CT scan of the head is performed for unrelated reasons. Aneurysms are diagnosed by performing an angiogram. Angiogram is a dye study used to visualize the blood vessels in the body. If an aneurysm has ruptured, a CT scan of the head is usually performed prior to an angiogram. Aneurysms are treated in one of two ways.