[Neurovascular Surgery]
What are the symptoms of a brain haemorrhage?
Signs that need emergency assessment, above all a sudden, severe headache.
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What Is Brain Haemorrhage?
A brain haemorrhage is bleeding on the surface of the brain or within the brain tissue.
It is a serious condition that can cause severe disability and even death.
The most common causes of brain haemorrhage are high blood pressure (hypertension), aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVM – a type of structural abnormality of the blood vessels), brain tumours and head injuries.
What Are the Symptoms of Brain Haemorrhage?
The symptoms of a brain haemorrhage vary depending on the location and severity of the bleeding in the brain.
•Severe headache
• Nausea
• vomiting
• dizziness
• Mild confusion, or loss of consciousness progressing to coma
• Epileptic seizures
Depending on the area affected by the bleeding
– speech problems
-There may be loss of strength or paralysis in the arm and leg on the right or left side.
In severe haemorrhages, surgery is performed on that area. The aim of the surgery is to drain the bleeding area. One of the most important stages of this operation is draining the bleeding areas while protecting the normal brain tissue in the areas where the blood has leaked.
If the bleeding is in a small area, the patient is assessed with tests and monitored in the Intensive Care Unit.
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Altan Demirel