An influencer and model is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a brain aneurysm.
Cass Zamorano worried her 222,000 Instagram followers after posting a concerning snap to her Stories.
It showed her with her eyes closed, dressed in a hospital gown, and with a venous catheter in her right arm.
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The former reality star wrote: “To all the friends who have been worried:
“I have an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage in the right Sylvian fissure and a small aneurysm.”
Zamorano, believed to be 35 years old, is receiving treatment in the ICU of a private hospital in Santiago, Chile.
The influencer told her fans she would undergo a cerebral angiography to determine if the aneurysm had ruptured.
She said: “I ask that if you’re believers like me, please pray and send your good wishes.”
Her latest update, at the time of writing, came on Wednesday (23 Oct) evening.
She wrote: “Thank you to everyone for your concern, to the media, my guardian angel, and my friends who have come to see me.”
Zamorano came to fame when she took part in the reality show “Resistiré” in 2019.
She also appeared as a presenter and panelist on the program “Nessum Dorma”.
She uses Instagram to share her modeling and travel photos, as reported by Need To Know.
Her bio reads “Veterinarian, Master’s in Animal Psychiatry (Clinical Ethology), Autistic, Numerologist, Speaker, Traveller.”
An aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall.
A ruptured brain aneurysm is considered a medical emergency.
Brain aneurysms are more common in people over 40, but they can develop in anyone at any age.
Experts recommend controlling high blood pressure and giving up smoking to reduce the risk of developing one.
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