University of Georgia student suffers terrible brain hemorrhage after complaining of headache during spring break in Mexico
- Liza Burke fell ill on March 10 in Cabo San Lucas during her “final spring break.”
- She complained of a headache and went to bed; Friends couldn’t wake her up
- Had emergency surgery in Mexico; since flown home to Florida for treatment
A University of Georgia senior suffered a terrible brain hemorrhage after complaining of a headache during a spring break trip to Mexico.
Liza Burke was enjoying her “final spring break” with a large group of friends in Cabo San Lucas when she was struck down by a brain hemorrhage on March 10.
Burke went to bed after breakfast complaining of a headache. Her friends checked her a few hours later and called an ambulance when they couldn’t wake her.
The young student was taken to the hospital, where Burke was diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), Fox News reported.
Liza Burke, pictured right, suffered a severe brain hemorrhage during a Spring Break trip to Mexico
The University of Georgia student has since been diagnosed with a condition called arteriovenous malformation and has been flown home to Florida for further treatment.
She was taken to a hospital and given life support. A GoFundMe page set up to help Burke raise $130,000, using the money she was flown to Jacksonville, Florida, where her mother Lauren McKeithen lives, for further treatment.
Burke reportedly showed “promising signs” after undergoing surgery in Mexico, with McKeithen saying her daughter was able to squeeze her hand.
She told Channel2: “We’re told to take things one day at a time and not get our hopes up too high, but have a lot of hope.
According to the Mayo Clinic, AVM is a “tangle of blood vessels that irregularly connects arteries and veins, disrupting blood flow and oxygen circulation.”
Spring breakers are pictured in Florida. Many have avoided Mexico this year after a string of high-profile crimes involving American victims
Scientists aren’t sure what causes the condition, but say it’s not usually hereditary.
People are born with this condition, although it is more likely to cause bleeding in the brain later in life.
Men tend to be affected more often than women.
Jennifer Ritter, who organized a GoFundMe fundraiser for Burke, said her friend was born with the condition, but they only discovered it after she became seriously ill.
Burke was one of a dwindling number of spring breakers venturing into Mexico this year after a recent spate of chilling crimes sparked security fears there.
Earlier this month, three North Carolina men and a woman were kidnapped at gunpoint while they were on a booked trip to allow the woman to have a tummy tuck.
Two of the men were shot, the third man and woman survived.
They were kidnapped and killed by a cartel whose bosses have since disowned the men they say were behind the killings.