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Why a family member female 23 years old went to sleep with a headache and never woke up? at hospital dx brain aneurysm later died of brain death. why?
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Condolences: Unfortunately, headache was likely due to a ruptured congenital berry aneurysm, which causes 50% of those affected to die prior to getting to hospital.
Answered 6/20/2015
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