Jornal de Trauma e Tratamento

Brain Haemorrhage: A Painful Death

Abstract

Brandy Mathews

Bleeding within the brain, also called brain hemorrhage, could be a serious medical emergency. A brain bleed may occur in many ways as a result of head trauma, bleeding or a tumor from a vessel within the brain, also described as intracranial or intracerebral hemorrhages depending on where they occur. A brain bleed may result in severe complications like loss of consciousness, body weakness, seizures, and even death. When brain bleeds has been diagnosed quickly with imaging tests, one must get medical treatment as promptly as possible. Treatment is often aimed toward reducing the bleeding furthermore as cerebral edema (brain swelling). Surgical intervention is additionally necessary if a tumor or an aneurysm (blood vessel ballooning) is that the cause.