Emilia Clarke Reveals Part of Her Brain Went 'Missing' After Suffering Aneurysms
Emilia Clarke spoke candidly about the tragic effect of her aneurysms on her brain.
Clarke has been open about her health struggles that tested her life and career. After surviving two episodes of the dreaded health issue.
As she continues to embrace her life more, the actress opened up about the ordeal in a new interview with "Sunday Morning."
On the July 17 episode of the BBC program (via Vanity Fair), the "Game of Thrones" star spoke candidly about suffering two life-threatening brain aneurysms while filming the HBO drama. Per the actress, a part of her brain is already missing after facing the issues.
"The amount of my brain that is no longer usable - it's remarkable that I am able to speak, sometimes articulately, and live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions," she said, as quoted by USA Today.
As she survived both episodes, she acknowledged that she belongs to the minority of people who can survive an aneurysm.
The "Me Before You" star also hilariously shared what the scan of her brain looked like after the aneurysms. Per Clarke, the missing parts make her laugh.
Emilia Clarke's Aneurysm Journey
It was not the first time she opened up about her health.
In 2019, she penned an op-ed in New Yorker in which she revealed that she suffered her first brain aneurysm in 2011 when she was 24 years old. At that time, she was at the gym and suddenly felt unbearable pain.
As she made her way to the bathroom, a fellow gym user noticed her and called an ambulance.
She underwent an MRI to check her brain. From there, she was diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
"As I later learned, about a third of SAH patients die immediately or soon thereafter. For the patients who do survive, urgent treatment is required to seal off the aneurysm," Clarke said.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, SAH occurs due to bleeding in the space that surrounds the brain. The weak area in blood bursts and leaks before blood builds up around the organ.
She underwent minimally invasive surgery after the 2011 episode. But two years later, she received a procedure again after the growth on the other side of her brain doubled in size.
"It's the brain you have, so there's no point in racking your brain as to what might not be there because what you have is great, and let's work with that," she went on.
