Kim Kardashian reveals brain aneurysm diagnosis

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00:00Years of drama, both real and manufactured for reality TV, may have proved too much for Kim

00:05Kardashian, at least physically. Kim is really, really famous. We all know this. She's been

00:10really, really famous for decades for her sex tape, her reality show, her parents, her sisters,

00:16her many marriages, her skims, her makeup, her lawyer skills, her hostage situation.

00:20It's a lot for one human. And Kim revealed on the season premiere of The Kardashians that

00:24doctors recently found a, quote, little aneurysm in her brain. When she tearfully asked her doctor

00:29why she was afflicted with this, they told her that stress could be the culprit. Kim went on to

00:35blame her tumultuous divorce from Kanye West and years of stressful co-parenting with the,

00:40shall we say, eccentric rapper. I mean, the woman has a point there. So what exactly is an aneurysm

00:46and is a little one dangerous? Well, it's basically a weak spot in an artery, in this case around the

00:51brain that bulges and fills with blood. If you watch Grey's Anatomy, you'll be familiar with

00:55McDreamy clipping them off. Most times they aren't that serious, even if it sounds scary. But if that

01:02bulge bursts, it can quickly become deadly, which is very scary. Now for small aneurysms without

01:08symptoms, doctors suggest regular scans to monitor them. They also urge patients who smoke to absolutely

01:14stop doing that and to keep blood pressure in check.