“Recovery rate 7%”… Ahn Jae-wook, half head opened, undergoes surgery for ‘this disease’

Actor Ahn Jae-wook recalled the time he underwent brain surgery for a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

On the 18th, Channel A’s ‘My Dad is a Flower Middle-aged Man’ showed Ahn Jae-wook going to receive his first psychological counseling session.

The results of the analysis of the questionnaire written before the consultation showed that Jae-wook Ahn had strong perfectionist tendencies and was wary of failure and incompetence. He also had strong anxiety about danger and illness. The specialist asked Jae-wook Ahn, “Is there a turning point in your life that made you look at life in a new way?”

Regarding this, Ahn Jae-wook said, “10 years ago, I collapsed in the US due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage and underwent brain surgery. The doctor said that the probability of me recovering normally without suffering any aftereffects of physical disability was less than 7%.”

He continued, “I was very surprised that they had to open more than half of my head. I asked if I could suffer from amnesia if the surgery went wrong,” and “I told them that I have many memories that I want to forget, and that they wanted to erase them all on this occasion. The doctor just laughed, put on a mask, and said, ‘I think I can save that person,’ and then went in,” recalling the brain surgery he received in the United States.

The most common cause is cerebral aneurysm rupture… If you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol, you should manage it.

According to reports at the time, Ahn Jae-wook was having dinner in Las Vegas, USA, where he had been looking for a break, when he developed a severe headache and began vomiting. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance, diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, and underwent surgery the next day.

The meninges that cover the brain are divided into three types: the dura mater, the arachnoid mater, and the pia mater. Of these, the arachnoid mater is the middle membrane, and the space between it and the pia mater, which is the innermost, is called the arachnoid. Bleeding in this subarachnoid space is called a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

The cause is mostly a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Symptoms include sudden severe headaches, nausea, and vomiting, just like what Ahn Jae-wook experienced. When a subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs, 1 in 10 people die before reaching the hospital, and about 50% of people die within a month, making it a very dangerous disease.

If a subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, the skull is opened to expose several brains to prevent rebleeding, and the aneurysm neck is clipped. This is to isolate the aneurysm from blood flow while maintaining normal blood flow. Aneurysm embolization is also performed for prevention. This is to block the balloon-like bulging area by tying platinum coils.

In order to prevent subarachnoid hemorrhage, you should pay attention to and control factors that increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, drinking, and smoking. It is also important to reduce excessive intake of sodium and saturated fat, which increase blood pressure, and to exercise regularly for about 30 minutes a day.

In particular, if you have already experienced a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, you are at a higher risk of another rupture in another cerebral blood vessel, so you should take extra care and not forget to have regular checkups.