Dedicated neurosurgeon Michael Molleston, with more than three decades of medical experience, including special training in such areas as brain aneurysms, serves as neurosurgeon at TexomaCare Neurosurgery in Texas. In this role, Michael Molleston keeps neurosurgery services up-to-date and oversees neurosurgery care through the multi-specialty clinic’s accredited trauma and stroke programs.
Individuals experience a stroke when blood supply to the brain is compromised. This usually happens because a blood vessel in the brain ruptures or blood supply to the brain is blocked. In both scenarios, cells in the brain start dying because they are not receiving enough oxygen. As a result, cognitive functions are negatively affected, including memory, motor control, and language.
Brain aneurysms also involve the blockage of a blood vessel, but this blockage causes the vessel to expand and appear as a bulge higher up in the brain. The brain becomes damaged when this bulge bursts and releases blood into the brain. Although aneurysms are more deadly than strokes, they are less common and often form within the subarachnoid space, the area between the tissue separating the brain from the skull and the brain itself.
Both issues are associated with a headache; however, headaches caused by stroke are usually sudden and extremely intense. Stroke symptoms also include numbness on one side of the body or face, weakness in the extremities, vision problems, dizziness, and issues with balance.
Many of these symptoms are also associated with aneurysms, such as weakness, numbness, and vision problems. However, aneurysms are also linked to vomiting, memory issues, and upset stomach. These symptoms normally do not appear unless the aneurysm ruptures.
