Hemorrhagic stroke signs and symptoms
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Hi,
Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel bursts inside the brain, bleeds and causes swelling. Most often, hemorrhagic stroke is associated with high blood pressure, which stresses the artery walls until they break. Other causes include aneurysm and malformation. This is less common but more frequently fatal than ischemic stroke. Long term hypertension, even if controlled may have contributed as in the case of your husband. It would really help if you discuss this with your doctor.
Hi,my 57 year old mother suffered a hemorrhagic stroke,she was pretty healty before this,but she does smoke.The doc said it was 4 cm and it was on her left side,her vision is affected and her capability to read.
She was in the hospital 5 days,her blood pressure,blood work,everything looks good which is very weird!Other then that she was conscious all the time,no memory loss or anything like that.
My question is why the docs didn't give her any medication while in the hospital or after?
hi Katie, as your mum has had a severe bleeding some of the symptoms are due to the pressure on the brain causing by blood. it would be absorbed by the time and some of the symptoms may get better. I don't know which but most of my cases having hemorrhagic stroke had improvement in their speech, maybe your mum be like them. it depends on the local of the injury in the brain.
but the most important is rehabilitation for her under the supervision of her neurologist.
Hi Jazmin, I understand where you're coming from as my mom had a brain aneurysm in 1994 and a hemorrhagic stroke on October 12th this year. She had a rebleed last weekend so has now had 3 brain surgeries and she is semi-conscious. When it comes to the brain, it seems that it is always a case-by-case basis and there are so many unknowns. I literally just bought this book http://www.mystrokeofinsight.com/ this morning and already, a lot is starting to make sense.
In severe cases, increased pressure can cause the arteries in the brain to rupture and cause a hemorrhagic (bleed) stroke.
All the best to your mom
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I was curious if the standard, acute treatment for a hemorrhagic stroke included an emergency vent shunt.
My sixty one year old father suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke 10 months ago. He received a CT scan upon arrival at the emergency room where they determined he had a hemorrhagic stroke. At that point he was considered a 3 on the Glasgow coma scale.
The pain is a mixture of sensations, including heat and cold, burning, tingling, numbness, and sharp stabbing and underlying aching pain. It is intense in the area affected by the stroke, such as the face, extremities or trunk on one side, and is made worse by movement and temperature changes, especially cold temperatures."
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/stroke
What kind of rehabilitation therapy does he do? Physical or occupational therapy?
Thank you for your comments, this is very interesting to me. My mother suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke on 7/28 and again had a smaller bleed on 8/8/14. She had surgery on 8/9 to drain the blood and relieve the pressure. The second Neurologist (different hospital) says they should have done this initially. She is in a transitional care facility now. I think the surgery was the right choice in less than a week she was showing sings of major improvement since the initial stroke.
Other things on that side are things like speech, writing and reading, and changes in mood.
What is the follow up for his stroke last week?
Remember the warning signs . . . FAST. Which stands for:
F = Face: One side of the face droops.
A = Arms: One arm starts to drop when both arms are raised.
S = Speech: Speech is slurred or sounds different than usual.
T = Time: A person who is having a stroke needs to be seen immediately.
I had the same kind of stroke over a year ago and was in rehab for 5 weeks before I went home which is a normal amount of time I think. I have had out-patient rehab since then. The road to recovery is long and hard and he will need a lot of understanding and encouragement. You don't say how old your daughter is but things will be different when he comes home and I think you should tell her the truth in simple terms. Letting her visit him now might be a good idea.
I'm 27/M/Single. Unfortunatley 2 years back i was undergone for the treatment of Hemorrhagic Stroke on the right side of my brain which made my left body paralysed. I've never experienced a head-ache or any kind of major illness before the stroke and i don't booze or smoke. Got recovered 90-95% over the days after the medication from neurologist (15-20 days) & psychotherapy ( 2 months ) . i'm still using Eptoin as part of my medication.
Treatment of stroke depends on whether the stroke is ischemic or hemorrhagic and on the underlying cause of the condition. The long-term goals of treatment include rehabilitation and prevention of additional strokes. In your uncle’s case it could be ischaemic or hemorrhagic stroke due to high BP. If it is a ischaemic infarct, anti platelet drugs, anti coagulants and thrombolytics are employed in the treatment. If it is hemorrhagic infarct the hematoma needs to be evacuated with surgery.
and you should know that symptoms after a stroke are severe at the beginning and first months but they get better after some months by therapy and medications. this is more visible in hemorrhagic cases because the bleeding will be absorbed. the golden time for therapy and improvement after stroke is the first 6 months so follow the treatment exactly especially at this time.
My MRIs/Scans this week did not show any signs that I had a stroke or bleed, so the neurologists are assuming I had a partial stroke. Can low potassium cause a stroke? I had a tooth pulled the day before my "seizuere" (only with novacain) and also had dental surgery the day before my stroke. Could dental (bone graft) surgery have caused my stroke?
My husband had a stroke in the right side of his brain. He had one of the worst kinds of stroke...a hemorrhagic stroke where the blood vessel bursts and leaks blood inside the brain killing the cells it touches.
Doctors didn't think he'd make it. My husband is fully functioning. He talks, walks, fixes his own food, drives...just like someone that never had a stroke. He does have double vision because of the stroke.
Hi, my husband had a hemorrhagic stroke on Dec 6th and has only been awake for a week now, its still early yet, the body has to heal. Coma is sometimes a blessing. Be strong I'm sure she will be fine. We are 1 month and 2 days in. There may be alot of set backs, which are normal I am learning. We will do this together.
Hello.
I will try to make it simpler.
Right temporo-parietal infarct - your grandfather must be having symptoms of stroke on the left side of the body. "Temporo-parietal" means area involving both the temporal and the parietal lobes of the brain. "Infarct" is a word used for an area of dead brain cells. These infarcts are non-hemorrhagic (no bleeding).
The corona radiata is a term used for the bunch of nerve fibers in the substance of the brain.
I would wonder about using blood thinners (even aspirin) when systolic is as high as 190 and might spike higher than that - for fear of a hemorrhagic stroke or retinal or kidney damage etc
what could be causing both BP and HR to go high? I suppose you'd think of adrenalin. Maybe it's an unususal type of pheochromocytoma, which in its typical form is rare enough.
Thank you for your responses. My husbad has been in rehab for one month and they say he has reached his maximum in physical therapy. The only thing they consider is that he cannot stand or walk. He has improved greatly in other areas. He can feed himself, brush his teeth, wash his face, read a little, do crossword puzzles that I read aloud to him (he was always very good at crossword puzzles). He fades in and out somewhat - sometimes he is very alert and willing to work on writing or puzzles.
Stroke can be ischemic or hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke occurs as a result of blockage to an artery. And they usually show up on imaging studies. In the absence of a lesion, it could be a TIA. TIA or transient ischemic attack, which as the name indicates there is a temporary lack of blood flow to a particular part of the brain. This usually recovers, but these people are more prone for strokes. For the TIA, if you are a hypertensive or diabetic, ensure to keep these under check.
I am wondering, for those of you who have had or have had loved ones with a similar non-operable hemorrhagic stroke, how long did it take for them to wake up? And how long did it take for the blood to reabsorb? What were the responses they showed over time? (The doctors seem to be very hung up on his pupil response). Any other advise?
Any feedback would be immensely appreciated. My entire family is completely heartbroken and we already lost without him. We could really use some advice.
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