Aneurysms: The Silent Killer

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Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, we’re going to talk about aneurysms. There are typically no early aneurysm symptoms or signs, so they often occur without warning.

An aneurysm is a bulging dilation of the vascular system. There are no symptoms until it ruptures, leading to a hole in the artery. If this occurs in the brain, it’s known as a brain aneurysm, which can cause a stroke.

Aneurysms can occur in the brain (brain aneurysm, intracranial aneurysm, cerebral aneurysm), around the heart and aorta (aortic aneurysm), in the kidney, and in other areas of the body. The thumb-to-palm test can indicate if you are at a higher risk of an aneurysm.

Some common aneurysm causes include the following:

•Smoking (4x greater risk)

•Chronic alcohol use

•Diabetes

•High sugar intake

•Seed oil consumption

•Dental bacteria

Anything that causes chronic inflammation or oxidation can weaken your arterial system and contribute to an aneurysm.

Consider any related health concerns to prevent aneurysms and support blood vessel health. If you have high blood pressure, increase your potassium, magnesium, and vitamin D intake. A low-carb diet can also help lower your blood pressure.

Sometimes, a copper deficiency can cause an aneurysm. Copper is necessary to help your body build collagen.

Here are a few other ways to prevent aneurysms:

• Avoid inflammatory foods

• Consume antioxidants

• Consume foods with omega-3s

• Increase vitamin D

• Exercise regularly

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0:00.0	A lot of people are concerned about heart attacks and strokes.
0:03.2	What about an aneurysm?
0:04.8	An aneurysm can cause a stroke and it can definitely cause you to die.
0:08.8	So today I'm going to teach you a little bit about aneurysms, what's involved, and what you need to do to prevent
0:15.5	aneurysms.
0:16.5	The first symptom or early signs of an aneurysm is there is no symptoms.
0:21.5	Why?
0:22.5	Because an aneurism is just like this bulging
0:24.6	dilation of your vascular system.
0:27.8	And unless it presses on something,
0:29.5	you're not going to feel really any major symptoms at all until it ruptures.
0:35.0	And when it ruptures you have a hole in your artery.
0:38.0	So the blood's going to come out.
0:40.0	And if this happens in your brain, you get a stroke stroke and potentially you might have a limited time to get to the emergency room to do something about it but not always.
0:49.6	So I think it's so important to talk about aneurysms and what it is and what you can do to prevent it.
0:54.8	You can have an aneurysm in the brain, around the heart, in the aorta, or in the kidneys,
1:00.3	many different places.
1:01.5	And there's also a simple test that's highly correlated to if a person has an aneurysm.
1:07.4	And that is called the thumb to palm test. So if you just take your hand right now and you take your thumb across your hand like this.
1:15.6	And if your thumb can extend to the outer part of your hand, that can mean that you have extra
1:21.8	loose collagen and there's a high correlation between people that have this loose
1:26.8	collagen and aneurysms. Now it doesn't mean that you have an aneurysm and if you can't move this over here that doesn't mean you don't have an aneur ism.
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