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Can chronic stress and anxiety raise your blood pressure enough to cause a brain aneurysm to form?

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Chronic hypertension: left untreated, can weaken blood vessel walls and lead to the formation of aneurysms. Stress and anxiety alone are not factors that would weaken the blood vessel wall.

Answered 8/2/2017

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