SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Kim Kardashian’s recent revelation about suffering a brain aneurysm has brought attention to a condition that affects millions of Americans, most of whom don’t know they have it.

In a preview of the new season of “The Kardashians” that dropped Thursday, Kardashian revealed she recently suffered from what she called a “little aneurysm” in her brain. The disclosure has highlighted a condition that one in every 50 people has, according to medical experts. “A brain aneurysm is typically a small little bulge on one of the blood vessels that you actually have,” said Dr. Sunny Shukla, associate chief medical officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and an emergency room physician.

When aneurysms appear in the brain and go undetected, they can be extremely dangerous an

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