| As we mentioned in part I, besides cancer and | | | | diseased causing these tiny blood vessels to start |
| heart disease stroke is the third leading cause of | | | | to leak. Since the actual source of the bleeding is |
| death. Recent estimates of stroke occurrences in | | | | often small, it can take time for the blood to build |
| the U. S. place the number between 700,000 to | | | | up resulting in symptoms of an intracerebral |
| 750,000 yearly, approximately 1/4 of all stroke | | | | hemorrhage and often increases over minutes or |
| victims die as a direct result of the stroke or its | | | | hours. People may not notice the problems |
| complications. Stroke is caused by uncontrolled | | | | associated with bleeding into the brain and |
| diet that is high in saturated and trans fats as a | | | | ischemic strokes. |
| result of bad cholesterol building up in the blood | | | | 2. Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| vessels that block the circulation of blood to the | | | | Hemorrhagic strokes that cause bleeding into the |
| body including the brain. If oxygen is not delivered | | | | fluid filled spaces located deep in the brain are |
| to the brain cells, some cells die off and can not | | | | called subarachnoid hemorrhage. Subarachnoid |
| reproduce, then you may get a stroke. In this | | | | hemorrhage may occur at any age but is most |
| article, we will discuss Hemorrhagic strokes. | | | | common from age 40 to 65. It is caused by the |
| Hemorrhagic stroke accounts for only 20 percent | | | | presence of blood within the subarachnoid space |
| of all people admitted to hospitals for stroke. It is | | | | from some pathological processes a result of |
| caused by blocking the circulation of blood in any | | | | ruptured aneurysms and bleeding may stop |
| part of the body as a result of the heart working | | | | spontaneously. Other causes include vascular |
| harder in providing oxygen to the cells. The | | | | malformation, tumors and infection.The most |
| increase of blood pressure might cause a blood | | | | effective treatment is to proceed with |
| vessel in the brain to rupture in result of swelling | | | | microsurgical clipping of the lesion. This stroke |
| in any part of the brain, causing the cells in the | | | | causes paralysis of all limbs, unconsciousness and |
| brain to be deprived of oxygen. | | | | bleeding into the cerebellum produceing typical |
| There are 2 types of hemorrhagic strokes: | | | | signs of incoordination with headache and stiffness |
| 1. Intracerebral hemorrhage: | | | | of the neck. |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage is internal bleeding that | | | | I hope that this information will help. If you need |
| can happen in any part of the brain. Blood may | | | | more information, please visit my home page at: |
| accumulate in the brain tissues itself, or in the | | | | Kyle J. Norton |
| space between the brain and the membranes | | | | All rights reserved. Any reproducing of this article |
| covering it. Most commonly the problem arises in | | | | must have all the links intact. |
| the small arterial inside the brain which have been | | | | |