ELi5 : If aneurysm is caused by weakness in the arterial wall, would an exercise could strengthen the wall?
In: Biology
Not really. It’s not so much weakness like we usually think of when we think of weak muscles.
It’s a weakness in the structural integrity of the vessel. It’s like if you build a wall out of bricks, but some of the bricks are made of cardboard. The first time it rains, that wall will collapse. No amount of exercise will help that wall, it’s fundamentally flawed.
It’s the same with an aneurysm. Something goes wrong in the wall of the vessel, and it becomes primed for collapse (or bursting, more accurately.) Exercise does not help because it can’t fix the root problem.
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