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is a brain annuerysum rare in a 23yo female?

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More likely with age: Brain aneurysms are most prevalent in people ages 35 - 60, but can occur in children as well. The median age when aneurysmal hemorrhagic stroke occurs is 50 years old and there are typically no warning signs. Most aneurysms develop after the age of 40. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/brainaneurysm.html

Question 2

are brain tumors rare in a 23yo female?

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Yes, that's rare.: Brain tumors are more common than some realize but they aren't especially common in people in their 20s, male or female. Most people in their 20s who have severe headaches suffer from migraine or another primary headache disorder. Epilepsy is another thing that can cause worry about a tumor, but usually there is none present. Why do you ask?

Question 3

how come primary brain tumors are rare?

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Blood brain barrier: Among the more common tumor, exogenous factors are frequent.  Breast, prostate and lymphoma mostly viral in origin, same for vial sarcomas, squamous hpv lesion.  These factors don't seem to cross blood brain barrier.

Question 4

at what age is it not uncommon to get brain hemorrhages?

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In the young: Most brain hemorrhages are due to uncontrolled hypertension. Hypertension can be  found from late childhood to the elderly, however treatments are available. In the elderly hemorrhages are frequently seen from amyloid deposition in the arteries. In the middle years, hemorrhages are associated with av malformations, cancer stroke and anticoagulants (used to treat other disorders).

Question 5

how rare are brain tumors in a 23yo female. what do they normally feel like?

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Very rare: Brain tumors are rare in 23 year olds. Symptoms vary but they usually present with some sort of neurological change. Some examples would be trouble with vision or speech, or weakness or loss of coordination in some part of the body.

Question 6

are primary brain tumors rare in women in their thirties? overall, what are statistics and likelihood? healthy, nonsmoker.

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Primary tumors: are rare PERIOD.  In the 30-40 age group, there is actually an uptick in the incidence of astrocytomas and multifocal glioblastomas, though I am not certain exactly how much.  Otherwise the overall incidence is not that bad to require screening tests.

Question 7

are primary brain tumors rare in a 22yr old female.

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Yes, they are rare.: Brain tumors occur more commonly in children and those over 40.

Question 8

how rare is it for a tooth abcess to spread to the brain?

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Quite Rare: But a dental abscess can easily spread into your bloodstream if not properly addressed. Once in the bloodstream it can travel to other parts of your body and cause a host of issues.

Question 9

are brain tumora rare. what are the symptoms of a brain tumor?

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Uncommon: Brain Tumors affect over 10,000 people in the US each year, so they are not all that rare.
The symptoms  typically consisit of persistent Headaches which are new in onset and get progressively more severe over one or two months. Visual changes, sizures and loss of control of an arm or leg can also be the presenting symptoms. If there is strong suspicion it is easy to confirm with a CT or MRI scan

Question 10

what are the odds of a 23yo female having a brain tumor. are they rare?

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Yes: They&#x27;re rare. You can stop worrying, or at least find something else to worry about. It&#x27;d be much more productive to worry about the odds of unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, the dangers of smoking, or the risk of diabetes, to name but a few.

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