A link was found between gastrointestinal diseases and damage to cerebral vessels 14:29

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania found that people with gastrointestinal diseases are more likely to develop aneurysms (dangerous “bulges”) in the walls of blood vessels in the brain and rupture. Research results presented At the annual conference of the Society for Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS).

In the scientific study, researchers analyzed data from 72,545 people with ruptured aneurysms, 46,748 volunteers with aneurysms who were healthy, and a group of healthy subjects. An aneurysm is an abnormal widening of the arteries caused by weakening of the vascular wall. The real danger of a brain aneurysm is that the thinned wall of the vessel can rupture. This causes bleeding in the brain, which can be fatal.

Scientists focused on finding the unknown factors that could potentially cause aneurysm formation and rupture. They carefully studied the medical records of volunteers suffering from gastrointestinal diseases (such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome and diarrhea) before diagnosis. It turned out that a history of such diseases was associated with a higher risk of “swelling” of the walls of the cerebral vessels.

Specifically, patients previously diagnosed with dysphagia (dysphagia), diarrhea, and constipation were more likely to develop and rupture an aneurysm, which often leads to a hemorrhagic stroke. Reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome without diarrhea, chronic abdominal pain, and bloating (also known as functional dyspepsia) were also found to be factors in aneurysm formation but not rupture.

Scientists are not yet able to explain what underlies this relationship. Additional research is needed to determine the mechanisms that trigger aneurysm formation in gastrointestinal diseases.

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