An intraventricular hemorrhage is life threatening and without prompt medical treatment the intraventricular hemorrhage can lead to irreversible brain damage or even death.
An intraventricular hemorrhage is bleeding in or around your ventricles which are spaces inside your brain that contain cerebral spinal fluid.
This bleeding in and around the brain's ventricles can put pressure on your nerve cells and cause damage to them.
The risk factors for intraventricular hemorrhage in adults is physical trauma or hemorrhagic strokes.
The 4 grades of intraventricular hemorrhage include.
Grade 1. Bleeding occurs just in a small area of your ventricles.
Grade 2. Bleeding also occurs inside your ventricles.
Grade 3. Your ventricles are enlarged by the blood.
Grade 4. Bleeding into you brain tissues around the ventricles.
A common surgical treatment for an intraventricular hemorrhage is an open craniotomy.
Several surgical approaches exist for treatment of an intraventricular hemorrhage, which include the insertion of external ventricular drain (EVD) for intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) management and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring, craniotomy for hematoma drainage.
Intraventricular hemorrhage is most often treated in adults through intraventricular injections of thrombolytic agents through an IVC.
In some cases surgery may be needed to treat the intraventricular hemorrhage if the injection does not work or the intraventricular hemorrhage is more severe.
The long term effects of intraventricular hemorrhage is a long term developmental disability or neurodevelopmental disability.
The symptoms of intraventricular hemorrhage in adults are nausea, vomiting and sudden onset of headaches and also alteration of your mental state and or your level of consciousness.
With an intraventricular hemorrhage focal neurological signs are either absent or minimal although focal and or generalized seizures may also occur with an intraventricular hemorrhage.
The complications of intraventricular hemorrhage include mental retardation, cerebral palsy and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
Even if you have mild germinal matrix intraventricular hemorrhage it can result in developmental disorders.
The most common cause of intraventricular hemorrhage is lack of oxygen to the brain as well as other conditions such as hypertension, vascular malformations, anticoagulation therapy/coagulopathy and intraventricular tumors, ependymoma
Head injuries can also cause an intraventricular hemorrhage and even premature babies can get an intraventricular hemorrhage.
An intraventricular hemorrhage is not considered a stroke although an intraventricular hemorrhage can result from physical trauma or from hemorrhaging (bleeding) during a stroke.
A intraventricular hemorrhage is bleeding that occurs inside or around the ventricles spaces in your brain which contain the cerebral spinal fluid.
The bleeding in the brain from an intraventricular hemorrhage can put pressure on the nerve cells and damage them.
If the nerve cells are severely damaged, it can result in irreversible brain injury.
The most serious type of brain bleed is a subarachnoid brain bleed which can lead to permanent brain damage and even death.
A subarachnoid brain bleed most often happens because of a brain aneurysm and sometimes problems with blood vessels or other health problems.
A main warning sign of a subarachnoid brain bleed is a severe headache that comes on suddenly.
After brain bleeding you should avoid bending at your waist to pick something up.
Instead bend your knees before lifting things.
Also after brain bleeding you should avoid any high speed amusement park rides and contact sports or recreation sports which can lead to a concussion and brain bleed.
Although a brain bleed can be fatal, recovery is possible.
After a brain bleed you may also experience long-term complications, such as epilepsy, or memory problems.
A brain bleed can spread and put pressure on your whole brain and when this happens even the parts of your brain which are not very close to the bleeding blood vessel are damaged.
With prompt medical treatment you can be saved from a brain bleed.
Surgery will be required to stop a brain bleed and the sooner you get treatment the higher chance you have at surviving the brain bleed.
You will most often know if you have a bleed on the brain by the symptoms of a brain bleed which include facial paralysis, tingling, numbness and weakness which can affect the arm and leg on one side of the body.
During a bleed on the brain you may also have sudden thunderclap headaches which occur with subarachnoid hemorrhages.
If you suspect you have a brain bleed you should seek medical attention right away as it can be life threatening.
A brain bleed is a type of mini stroke known as a haemorrhagic stroke that is caused by bleeding around or in the brain.
A transient ischaemic attack or TIA is known as a mini stroke.
Hemorrhagic stroke is due to bleeding into the brain by the rupture of a blood vessel.
Hemorrhagic stroke may be further subdivided into intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
Hemorrhagic stroke is associated with severe morbidity and high mortality.
A brain bleed causes brain damage and can be life-threatening.
The seriousness and outcome of a brain bleed depends on its cause, location inside the skull, size of the bleed, the amount of time that passes between the bleed and treatment, your age and overall health.
The signs of a slow brain bleed are.
Headache that gets worse.
Vomiting.
Drowsiness and progressive loss of consciousness.
Dizziness.
Confusion.
Unequal pupil size.
Slurred speech.
Loss of movement (paralysis) on the opposite side of the body from the head injury.
Hitting your head can cause a brain bleed and you may not even know about it.
Some people have hit their head and had a brain bleed and died as a result of not knowing about it.
Whenever you hit your head you should go to the emergency room and get a scan to check for any potential issues as it's better to find out that you don't have a brain bleed than die as a result of not knowing you have one.
Some ways you can tell if a head injury is mild or severe is in how long the head injury lasts.
A mild head injury or concussion may last only hours to seven to 10 days.
More severe head injuries and concussions may last weeks to months.
Symptoms of a mild head injury or concussion that can occur minutes to hours after injury may include memory loss, confusion, headache, dizziness, balance problems, nausea or vomiting, tiredness, crankiness, or irritability.
The average person has only 2 concussions in a lifetime although some people have had 3 concussions in their lifetime.
There is no set number as to how many concussions humans can have before they suffer permanent damage.
After all, some athletes experience symptoms for years after just one concussion, while others are seemingly okay after having more than one.
Having just one concussion is too many although if you have more than one concussion then you could suffer other health problems and brain problems as well.