Brain hemorrhage is a serious situation that can endanger the life of the person who suffers it. It consists of bleeding inside the brain that causes blood to be lost and does not reach all parts of the organ properly.
Therefore, it is the second leading cause of stroke or cerebrovascular accident. The problem is that the mortality from cerebral hemorrhage, despite current treatments, is still very high. In addition, sequelae are frequent in people who manage to survive.
The incidence of this condition increases as you age. However, age is not the only risk factor.
What is a brain hemorrhage?
A cerebral hemorrhage, as we have pointed out in the introduction, is bleeding that occurs inside the brain. It usually causes sudden-onset neurological defects and even coma.
This is due to the lack of blood supply to other parts of the brain, since the blood does not continue its journey through the blood vessels. It is important to distinguish between cerebral hemorrhage and intracranial hemorrhage.
Intracranial hemorrhages, in addition to cerebral hemorrhages, include others that occur within the skull, but not in the brain parenchyma. For example, intraventricular, subarachnoid, subdural, and epidural hemorrhage.
Brain hemorrhage is one of the main causes of stroke. In fact, it is estimated that almost 15% of all of them are caused by this origin. In addition, it presents a very high mortality, especially in the first days.
Related symptoms
Cerebral hemorrhage, as we have just pointed out, is usually associated with a neurological defect that appears abruptly. Depending on the cause of the bleeding, it may progress very quickly (within 1 to 2 hours) or progress more slowly. In addition, the symptoms vary depending on the area that has been affected.
As in ischemic strokes, loss of strength in one half of the body is common. That is, if the bleeding has occurred in the right part of the brain, the leg and arm on the left side will be affected.
It is common for that same side to lose sensitivity or tingling appears. Speech or the ability to understand language can also be affected. Some people lose vision in one eye.
Headache, vomiting, loss of consciousness, and even coma are common. Headache and vomiting are usually associated with an increase in intracranial pressure due to the cerebral hemorrhage itself.
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