Kim Kardashian is opening up about a recent health scare that shocked her family.
In a preview for the upcoming episode of The Kardashians, airing Thursday night (Oct. 23), the 45-year-old is shown getting an MRI scan before tearfully telling her family, “There was a little aneurysm,” which doctors said was caused by “just stress.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, a brain aneurysm is “a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain.” While it can lead to serious complications if it bursts — causing “bleeding in the brain, known as a hemorrhagic stroke” — the Mayo Clinic explains that “most brain aneurysms aren’t serious, especially if they’re small.”
The SKIMS founder has long been candid about how stress impacts her health.
In the Season 7 premiere of The Kardashians, Kim revealed that her psoriasis flared up again after her divorce from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
“I haven’t had psoriasis since I got divorced, and it just started coming back,” she said, adding that she had been feeling “pretty tested” by her ex-husband, according to People. “I felt more stressed, probably just because I had to super, super protect what I had to protect.”
Kim and Ye, who married in 2014 and finalized their divorce in 2021, share four children: North, 12; Saint, 9; Chicago, 7; and Psalm, 6.
“They’re gonna know things. They’re gonna grow up, they’re gonna see. So my job as a mom is to just make sure that … they’re protected,” she explained.
“I always felt really bad and always protected and always wanted to help [him],” Kim continued, before wondering if she should have “stuck it out.” But this time, she admitted, “I didn’t feel that responsibility personally… It is so fucking sad.”
