A FATHER-OF-ONE died of a brain haemorrhage after visiting doctors complaining of severe headaches, an inquest was told.

Aaron Holloway, 32, of Wenborough Lane, Holme Wood, Bradford, collapsed at his partner's home on May 22 last year and was taken to Dewsbury and District Hospital.

There he had two CT scans, was sedated and put on ventilation but died on May 24.

His medical cause of death was catastrophic subarachnoid haemorrhage due to basilar tip aneurysm, which is an uncommon type of stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain.

His aneurysm was described as "giant" and one of the two worst cases in young men an experienced neurological consultant had seen in his career, the hearing in Bradford was told today.

Mr Holloway had undergone replacement surgery at Bradford Royal Infirmary in September 2013 after being diagnosed with Perthes Disease, which affects the hip joint, when he was a child.

He was seen by two doctors at Tong Medical Practice on six occasions between January 9 and May 6 last year after complaining of daily migranes, nausea, shoulder, and neck problems, which were at their worse in the first two hours he was awake.

He was taking medication, which was altered and he said had helped his headaches, and also paracetamol and ibuprofen to ease his pain.

Dr Francesca Young, of Tong Medical Centre, who saw Mr Holloway on four different occasions between January and May 2014, told the inquest she had spotted bilateral papilledema, an optic disc swelling that is caused by increased intracranial pressure, in his right eye during their final consultation on May 6.

She said: "He told me he felt like his head was going to explode. He was frightened of sneezing or coughing due to the pain."

He was then referred for a neurological examination, with Dr Cord Elmar Spilker, consultant neurologist at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, on May 19.

Dr Spilker could not see any signs of papilledema and Mr Holloway was then referred for a non-urgent MRI scan.

Giving evidence, Nick Phillips, a consultant neurosurgeon at Leeds General Infirmary, said the average size of an aneurysm was 10mm and Mr Hollway was found to have one of more than an inch which he described as a "giant aneurysm".

He said: "These are incredibly rare. This is one of two out of 2,500 cases in young men my 18 years at Leeds."

Recording a verdict of natural causes, Dr Dominic Bell, Assistant Bradford Coroner, said: "This is a tragic story which has caused a lot of distress to Aaron's family.

"Mr Phillips said this is a very rare case.

"Aaron attended his GP in January 2014 complaining of severe headaches. I can't conclude that there was a viable missed window of opportunity to change the outcome.

"Dr Spilker could not identify a neurological abnormality."