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Can subarachnoid hemorrhage affect any age?
Subarachnoid hemorrhage can affect adults of all ages, but usually peaks in the fourth and fifth decades of life
What is a subarachnoid heamorraghe?
A subarachnoid hemorrhage is an abnormal and very dangerous condition in which blood collects beneath the arachnoid mater, a membrane that covers the brain. This area, called the subarachnoid space, normally contains cerebrospinal fluid. The accumulation of blood in the subarachnoid space can lead to stroke, seizures, and other complications
Does smoking make subarachnoid hemorrhage more likely?
Smoking is a major factor in increasing the odds of sustaining a subarachnoid hemorrhage
How often do subarachnoid hemorrhages happen?
The incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage is 10 per 100,000 persons per year
How does age affect stroke risk?
Intracerebral hemorrhage affects vessels within the brain itself, while subarachnoid hemorrhage affects arteries at the brain's surface, just below the protective arachnoid membrane.
What is the danger of subarachnoid hemorrhage?
The accumulation of blood in the subarachnoid space can lead to stroke, seizures, and other complications. Additionally, subarachnoid hemorrhages may cause permanent brain damage
What is the least common form of stroke?
The least common form of stroke is subarachnoid hemorrhage
What is anintracerebral hemorrhage?
Intracerebral hemorrhage affects vessels within the brain itself, while subarachnoid hemorrhage affects arteries at the brain's surface, just below the protective arachnoid membrane.
What is the medical term meaning active bleeding between the skull and the brain?
It depends where the bleeding is. If it is in the brain tissue then cerebral hemorrhage is correct. In the subarachnoid space would be a subarachnoid hematoma. In the subdural space.....subdural hematoma.haemorage
What is prognosis of Subdural hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage and temporal contusion?
Despite advances, morbidity rates are 25-35% and mortality rates are 40-50%.
When did Toshihito Itoh die?
Toshihito Itoh died in 24 May 2002 of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
When did Giho Sugiyama die?
Giho Sugiyama died on August 3, 2004, in Japan of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage.
