About BAFSupport.org

What is BAF.org?##

BAFSupport.org is a patient-to-patient support community for families affected with Brain Aneurysm. BAFSupport.org is sponsored by The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, and operated by BensFriends.org and
volunteer moderators who have been affected with Brain Aneurysm.

Who can join BAFSupport.org?

If your family has been affected by Brain Aneurysm, consider BAFSupport.org your second home, as well as the rest of BensFriends.org’s patient communities. It is free for members to join.

What is Brain Aneurysm

A brain aneurysm (AN-yoo-riz-um) is a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain. It often looks like a berry hanging on a stem.

A brain aneurysm can leak or rupture, causing bleeding into the brain (hemorrhagic stroke). Most often a ruptured brain aneurysm occurs in the space between the brain and the thin tissues covering the brain. This type of hemorrhagic stroke is called a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

A ruptured aneurysm quickly becomes life-threatening and requires prompt medical treatment.

What is BensFriends.org?

In 2007 Ben Muñoz suffered a rare form of stroke caused by an
AVM. He was unable to find the support he needed during the most
difficult time, so he created an online support community AvmSurvivors.org AVMSurvivors.org to connect with others like him. AVMSurvivors.org led to the founding of BensFriends.org, driven to provide patient-to-patient
support communities for people living with rare diseases.

BensFriends.org is a network of patient
communities for people living with rare diseases. Launched in
November 2007, BensFriends.org provides valuable patient support by
creating and running compassionate, responsive communities.
BensFriends.org maintains dozens of patient communities and has
changed thousands of lives.

You can learn more about BensFriends.org at http://www.bensfriends.org or watch one of our videos