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Old 02-20-2005, 03:09 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by present_future
I saw on yahoo that he suffered from a broken blood vessel in the head and possibly a stroke. Now, I'm no doctor, but I always thought a broken blood vessel in the head was an aneursym. If this is true, it's a pretty serious injury. I wish him a speedy and full recovery.

edit: Here's the link.
An aneursym is just a weaking of the vessel. The weak spot can inflate sort of like a balloon. A stroke occurs when a part of the brain no longer receives oxygenated blood; consequently one occurs when either a vessel burst or a vessel is blocked.
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