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10/07/2006: "Sheriff Bill Has Operation For Aneurysm"

(SJCS photo)
SJC Sheriff Bill Cumming showed the value of normal routine medical examinations, when during a recent examination an abdominal aneurysm in his abdominal aorta (a large blood vessel supplying blood to the abdomen, pelvis and legs) was detected. He was sent off island for surgery and is now doing well, and expected to make a full recovery.

Aneurysms normally develop slowly over many years and it is not uncommon for there to be no symptoms until it develops into a potential life threaten stage. If an aneurysm does rapidly expand, and as a result tears or ruptures, or leaks blood along the wall of a vessel, symptoms may develop suddenly, and become an emergency.