Kim Kardashian suffered a major health scare and blamed it on her chaotic divorce from Kanye West.
On Thursday’s Season 7 premiere of “The Kardashians,” the SKIMS founder, 45, revealed that a routine MRI showed she has a brain aneurysm.
Kim told Kourtney Kardashian that doctors found a “little” aneurysm on her brain scan, per The Daily Mail.
In the premiere episode, Kim visited a medical center for the procedure, where cameras captured her being rolled into an MRI machine.
After the test, an emotional Kim was shown talking on the phone and asking, “Why the f*** is this happening?”
Kim Kardashian Says Stress Led to Her Brain Aneurysm
In the same episode, Kim shared that doctors attributed her aneurysm to “stress.” Another clip then showed the “All’s Fair” star getting out of the MRI machine while discussing her messy divorce from West.
Kim and West married in 2014 before filing for divorce in 2021. The separation was finalized in 2022.
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail explained that an aneurysm is a bulge or ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel. While a ruptured aneurysm can be life-threatening, an unruptured one can often be managed through regular monitoring and check-ups.
According to the Mayo Clinic, many individuals with an unruptured aneurysm experience no symptoms at all. Meanwhile, those with ruptured ones typically suffer from high blood pressure.
In addition, a ruptured brain aneurysm requires immediate medical attention, often involving procedures such as surgical clipping or endovascular coiling to seal the burst vessel.
Kim’s Health Struggles Through the Years
This isn’t the first time Kim has faced health challenges. “The Kardashians” star has long battled autoimmune conditions, including psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
In 2022, Kim revealed that she made drastic changes in her diet in order to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s iconic gown for the Met Gala. However, the move caused her body to have a psoriasis flare-up that led to psoriatic arthritis.
“Psoriasis broke out over my body and I got psoriatic arthritis so I couldn’t really move my hands,” Kim said in a 2022 interview with Allure. “I was freaking out. It was really painful, and I had to go to a rheumatologist who put me on a steroid.”
In 2015, TMZ reported that Kim suffered from placenta accreta, which is a pregnancy condition where the placenta grows too deeply into the uterine wall. The outlet noted that the condition made birth more difficult for the reality star, though she was still able to deliver her second child, Saint, naturally.
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Emotional Kim Kardashian Reveals She Has Brain Aneurysm