Dr. Nilesh Bakale | Consultant Neurosurgeon in Karad
A brain hemorrhage refers to bleeding in the brain. This medical condition is also known as a brain bleed or an intracranial hemorrhage. It is a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment.
The skull surrounds the brain, and any leaking blood from a hemorrhage can cause compression and damage to the brain tissues.
If a blood vessel in the brain leaks or bursts and causes bleeding, a hemorrhagic stroke occurs.
Compression from excessive bleeding may be so severe that oxygen rich blood is unable to flow to the brain tissue. A lack of oxygen in the brain can lead to swelling, or cerebral edema.
Pooled blood from a bleed can also collect into a mass known as a hematoma. The extra pressure of this can prevent oxygen from reaching brain cells, which can result in their death.
Several factors can lead to a brain hemorrhage. These factors include:
- head trauma or injury
- cerebral aneurysm, or a weakened bulge in a brain artery
- extremely high blood pressure
- blood vessel anomalies
- blood or bleeding disorders
- liver disease
- brain tumor
- consumption of illicit drugs
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