Is brain aneurysm hereditary? My wife's mum died a... - Headway
Is brain aneurysm hereditary? My wife's mum died at age 52 and my wife is now 49. I hear it can be hereditary and I'm worried for her.
I hope not, both my mum and dad have had a SAH in the past 16 months. I know what you mean though. I spoke to my G.P. who went away and spoke to a specialist who said they didn't consider it necessary to screen me. I do find this odd and not sure if it is right but on the other side of the coin, if I were to be screened and they found a weakness they wouldn't always treat it, they would just monitor the situation. I don't know how I would deal with knowing there was something lurking that wasn't being treated. Maybe your wife could speak to her G.P. if she is concerned. Best wishes.
Usually the neuro would want more than one or two close relatives having the same thing before they screen people. like lubi says knowing that there is a problem doesn't mean there would be immediate treatment available.
My Dad had a stroke at a young age, I think it was a bleed but over 20 years ago they didn't say if it was an anni or not. I had an anni at 43 (3 years ago) & was lucky enough that mine didn't rupture even though it wasn't finally treated until 6 weeks after it started!! At my 3 month review they told me they suspected a mirror image anni on the other side. As there was no immediate danger I would have to be done as an elective patient which would have meant being cancelled when something more urgent came in. I'm not sure I could have coped with that & again luckily for me there wasn't another anni at all.
If you want to join a forum for sah people send me a message & I'll send you the link. Its a really great place for help & support x
It is a sensible question to ask but normally 'familial intracranial aneurysms are generally defined as the presence of TWO or more family members among first- and second-degree relatives with proven aneurysmal SAH'.
My sister and I both had aneurysms in the brain that went on to rupture; we have the inherited condition. My other two sisters were scanned to check if they had aneurysms but thankfully they didn't. You can find out more information at these sites:
Good luck. x
I can assure you an aneurysm is congenital and NOT hereditary.
Youre born with it and it doesnt form and its not associated with other family members
I don't think you should be so careless with you assurances........when studies show that 1st degree relatives of sufferers are at greater risk than the general population. Alice's links shows details of such studies.
Hi Spideyman, you may have a congenital condition but I would like raise awareness to the inherited condition which I personally have (as you know). I received a defective gene passed down from one (or both) of my parents in the chromosomes I inherited. In the same way i inherited the colour of my eyes from my parents i also inherited a defective gene. Two of my parents children inherited the defective gene and we had ruptures and two did not and they have no aneurysms at all. The rupturing of an aneurysm is the life threatening bit, it is a really important question to ask and coud save someone's life if there is a inherited condition in the family. I would argue that information offered as assurance must be 100% correct; especially when it is so important. Have a look at websites above if you are willing, you might get more insight into the inherited condition. I sincerely hope you are willing.
How are you so sure? There are plenty of studies that say there is a slightly higher risk when 2 or more relatives have had a SAH?
Sorry that my info might be incorrect for you.
Im just going by my own past condition.
I think i better refrain from making comments in the future as they seem to be offending ppl
It is valid to say you have a congenital condition . What offends is you are telling people like me that my condition doesn't exist. Please, please educate yourself and then you won't offend the next time the question is asked 
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