Brain
hemorrhage are the most common and serious condition of brain. It is
a kind of stroke and accounts for about 20% of people in India every
year. This can cause emergency hospitalization of the person.
What
is Brain Hemorrhage?
Brain
hemorrhage is a condition where there is a bleeding or rupture of the
brain tissue or arteries in and around the brain. It is also called
as cerebral bleed or Cerebral Hematoma. When there is an injury to
the brain tissue or artery, swelling of the part arises and there is
a collection of blood called as hematoma. This hematoma can rupture
due to the increase in pressure or due to the repeated injury
resulting in Brain hemorrhage. Finding the early signs help you spot
brain hemorrhage which can help in saving the life of the patient and
prevent the further complications.
Signs
of brain hemorrhage
Signs
of the hemorrhage helps in early diagnosis and in early treatment of
the patient. The most common signs of brain
bleed stroke
are -
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Severe sudden headache
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Unclear or double vision
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Sudden vomiting after the fall or injury
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Dizziness or tired feeling
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Loss of speech, loss of coordination, and loss of balance
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Some people also become unconscious for few minutes soon after fall or injury
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Loss of fine motor skills
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Seizures of the body due to the injury to the brain may also occur.
These
symptoms may also vary depending on the cause and severity of the
injury to the brain cells. Any person with more than 2-3 symptoms has
to be immediately evaluated for the further cause and further
treatment.
Causes
Brain
hemorrhage causes may be sudden or can depend on the person’s
lifestyle.
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Sudden causes are due to the head injury or fall or accidents of the person which may cause immediate rupture of the brain vessels and arteries.
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The lifestyle causes include increased blood pressure, habits like excessive cigarette smoking and chronic drinking alcohol and uncontrolled diabetes.
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There may also be some causes like rupture of aneurysm, severe migraine, amyloid angiopathy or brain infection with k serotype of Streptococcus mutans.
Treatment
The
brain hemorrhage treatment depends on the causation involved.
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Most doctors follow the conservative line of treatment, they advise for correction of disorders by maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help in preventing the risk for the brain bleed stroke and also by quitting cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption can reduce the risk of high blood sugar levels and high blood pressure levels.
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Doctors also give education on monitoring the Hypertension and regulating the uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes mellitus by following a well-balanced diet and healthy moderate exercises which helps in decreasing the risks of brain hemorrhages.
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In cases of other causes involved then IV fluids given for maintaining the fluid imbalance after the injury.
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Anti-hypertensive drugs for hypertension cases.
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Blood transfusions is followed in cases of severe loss of blood and components of blood.
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Anticonvulsant medicines in cases of seizures.
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Tracheal intubation in unconscious patients for the proper air way ventilation of the respiratory tract.
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Surgery is opted in cases of larger hematoma of more than 3cm size. Endoscopic drainage or aspiration of the cerebral fluid can also be done by the specialized doctors.
Brain
hemorrhage recovery
of the patient depends on the area of the brain injured. When there
is a injury to the medulla oblongata or to the brain stem then
success rates of survival is very less. More than 35-50% cases die on
the spot of injury or accident but in some cases of injury due to the
lifestyle disorders then complete recovery is possible. But in some
cases of injury to the other areas of the brain lead to the total or
the partial paralysis of the body, loss of body functions, and loss
of fine motor skills also seen in survival patients. They require
physiotherapy for years to recover completely.
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