Hemorrhagic strokes are particularly dangerous because they cause severe symptoms that get worse quickly. Without fast medical attention, these strokes often cause permanent brain damage or even death.
Because high blood pressure is the most common cause of hemorrhagic strokes, a top priority for treating these strokes is lowering your blood pressure and keeping it at a safe level. Doing this can reduce the amount of bleeding in your brain. It also makes it easier for blood to clot and seal the damaged blood vessel.
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However, not every person who bleeds to death will die within minutes of the start of bleeding. If you have a clotting problem or a slow internal bleed, for example, it can take days for the blood loss to be severe enough to cause hemorrhagic shock.
Most healthcare providers will recommend a C-section between 34 and 37 weeks gestation if there are no complications. This prevents you from having contractions or going into labor, as these can cause significant bleeding. Your healthcare provider may give you corticosteroids to help develop the fetus's lungs.
Your healthcare provider makes every attempt to save your uterus; however, the risks of doing so may be too high. Most people with severe placenta accreta lose their uterus due to the life-threatening bleeding that can occur. Talk to your healthcare provider about the likelihood of needing a hysterectomy based on your condition.
The hospital is the only place that has a CAT scanner that can "look" inside your head and determine if there is any bleeding in your brain. Bleeding in the brain can be life-threatening when there is enough blood in the right spot to press down on the brain and squeeze it. These dangerous forms of bleeding are called epidural and subdural hematomas. Because the brain is trapped inside the skull, slow bleeding can force important parts of the brain against the inside of the skull and through the small hole in the base of the skull called the foramen magnum. These important brain areas, which control breathing and heart rate, stop working when they get squeezed and this is what results in death. With a CAT scan, epidural and subdural hematomas are easily diagnosed. The treatment requires surgery to remove the blood clot. The quicker the surgery, the better the chances for a good outcome.
Hello, this may sound silly. Seven years ago I hit my head in the floor of a bathroom pretty badly, had to had stitches and everything. Apart from that there were no other procedures or studies made to see if I had any internal bleeding. I was a minor at the time so I didn't think much of it, but now I'm a bit concerned.I don't think I have any symptoms, but should I still go to the doctor and get my brain checked? Or is it too late?
When a vast amount of blood is lost over a short period of time, shock may occur. A dog in shock has an increased heart rate and low blood pressure. He may have pale, white gums and breathe rapidly. If left untreated, organ systems shut down and the dog may suffer permanent damage or even death. Minutes matter, so pet owners should know how to control bleeding and prevent shock until they reach emergency aid.
If something is firmly or deeply lodged in the paw, it should be extracted by your veterinarian who can sedate your dog to make the procedure more comfortable. To control bleeding, apply pressure to the wound with a clean towel. Minor tears will stop bleeding in a matter of minutes, but deeper wounds take longer to stabilize. Also, bleeding may reoccur when the dog walks on the leg. If you cannot stop the bleeding within 10-15 minutes, take your dog to the emergency veterinary clinic.
Lacerations on legs often result in significant bleeding if a major vein or artery is severed. Wrap a clean towel around the wound and apply firm pressure. If possible, raise the leg above the level of the heart. If the towel becomes soaked through, do not remove it. Place another towel on top of it and continue the application of firm pressure. Removing the towel may dislodge clots and make the bleeding worse. Proceed promptly to the veterinary hospital.
Esophageal varices develop when normal blood flow to the liver is blocked by a clot or scar tissue in the liver. To go around the blockages, blood flows into smaller blood vessels that aren't designed to carry large volumes of blood. The vessels can leak blood or even rupture, causing life-threatening bleeding.
The most serious complication of esophageal varices is bleeding. Once you've had a bleeding episode, your risk of another bleeding episode greatly increases. If you lose enough blood, you can go into shock, which can lead to death.
Currently, no treatment can prevent the development of esophageal varices in people with cirrhosis. While beta blocker drugs are effective in preventing bleeding in many people who have esophageal varices, they don't prevent esophageal varices from forming.
Will treating a ruptured aneurysm reverse or improve brain damage? Once an aneurysm bleeds and brain damage occurs, treating the aneurysm will not reverse the damage. Treatment helps prevent more bleeding.
Bleeding is a frequent problem for patients with advanced cancer, with approximately 10% of all patients having at least one episode and almost 30% in patients with hematologic malignancies (1). These episodes may range from low-grade oozing to major episodic bleeding or even catastrophic bleeds. Bleeding can be caused by the cancer itself, as with local tumor invasion, abnormal tumor vasculature, or tumor regression. It may also be related to the anti-tumor treatments including prior radiation therapy or chemotherapy. It can be exacerbated by immunotherapies such as bevacizumab, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories drugs (NSAIDs), and anticoagulants that are routinely used in cancer patients. Patients may also be predisposed to bleeding due to thrombocytopenia from the malignancy or induced by chemotherapy.
For patients at risk of catastrophic bleeding, patients and their families should be prepared for the visually and mentally disturbing effects of such an episode. Encourage the use of dark sheets, towels, blankets, and clothing to reduce the visual shock of seeing a massive bleed. Fast acting sedatives such as intravenous or subcutaneous midazolam should be available, and families should be instructed on their use if the patient is at home. Although terminal sedation may be appropriate for bleeding at the end of life, a catastrophic bleed may cause death rapidly and there may not be time for sedation.
One of the most critical components of the assessment of patients with bleeding is a thorough assessment of potential causative or exacerbating agents. Obviously, the medications that fall into this category cannot be fully discussed in this manuscript, but the most common medications for advanced cancer patients include NSAIDs and anticoagulants. Anti-inflammatories are often used to treat pain for patients with advanced cancer, but it is important to consider their anti-platelet and anti-coagulant properties that may exacerbate bleeding. Similarly, patients with advanced cancer are often on anticoagulants such as warfarin or enoxaparin, which necessitates the considerations of the risks of further bleeding against the risks of deep venous or pulmonary thromboembolism. Among patients on anticoagulation, patients with cancer develop bleeding complications at a higher rate than those without cancer (10). INR control is difficult in the setting of cancer treatments, so use of oral anticoagulation during the first year after cancer diagnosis can increase bleeding and other major cardiac adverse events (11).
Some types of TBI can cause temporary or short-term problems with normal brain function, including problems with how the person thinks, understands, moves, communicates, and acts. More serious TBI can lead to severe and permanent disability, and even death.
Immediate treatment for someone who has suffered a severe TBI focuses on preventing death; stabilizing the person's spinal cord, heart, lung, and other vital organ functions; ensuring proper oxygen delivery and breathing; controlling blood pressure; and preventing further brain damage. Emergency care staff will monitor the flow of blood to the brain, brain temperature, pressure inside the skull, and the brain's oxygen supply.
And you stay, stay with me when I break downLike a dream come savingAnd if words should fail here, I'll just read the way you sound'Till I know the meaning of love and lifeAnd it could be I'm understating what it meansThat you're standing behind every word you sayTo make my day slowly dawningI want you to know you're the heart of my temple of thought
All I ever wanted was to hold youWhat can I do now to make things newI ain't trying to write you into a songCos you're too sacred and I would feel wrongBut what irony life holds, I was finally ready to meet you halfwayYou turned and walked away
If life itself has a meaning, is it anything more than what we choose to call itSweet words make appealing, but they only serve to mask the smell of what you buriedIs it worth your while to spend on a lie, even though you cannot see eye to eyeN' give in to the rumor seduction, run by fear and all the good intentions
If what I feel is the only truthAnd what I give out will make up what I'll receiveCan I leave behind my naivete of youth?Will I be crucified for wanting to believe?I believe
If what I feel is the only truthAnd what I give out will make up what I'll receiveCan I still leave behind my naivete of youth?Will I be crucified for wanting to believe?I believe
If you're skiing or snowboarding, get the ski patrol to help you down the hill. If you're skateboarding or biking, stop riding. Don't take a chance on hurting your head again. A second head injury can lead to a condition called second-impact syndrome. Second-impact syndrome doesn't happen very often, but it can cause lasting brain damage and even death. 2ff7e9595c
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