Diagnosis-Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Contents Overview Causes Diagnosis Treatment Complications Recovery You'll need to have some tests done in a hospital to confirm if you have a subarachnoid haemorrhage. A CT scan is used to check…
Causes-Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Contents Overview Causes Diagnosis Treatment Complications Recovery A subarachnoid haemorrhage is most often caused by a burst blood vessel in the brain (a ruptured brain aneurysm). A brain aneurysm is a bulge…
Overview-Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Contents Overview Causes Diagnosis Treatment Complications Recovery A subarachnoid haemorrhage is an uncommon type of stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain. It's a very serious condition…
Diagnosis-Brain death
Contents Overview Diagnosis There are a number of criteria for diagnosing brain death. For a diagnosis of brain death: a person must be unconscious and fail to respond to outside stimulation a person's…
Overview-Brain death
Contents Overview Diagnosis Brain death (also known as brain stem death) is when a person on an artificial life support machine no longer has any brain functions. This means they…
Prevention-Brain aneurysm
Contents Overview Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prevention You can't always prevent brain aneurysms, but you can lower your risk by not smoking and by reducing high blood pressure. Smoking If you smoke, stopping…
Treatment-Brain aneurysm
Contents Overview Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prevention Brain aneurysms can be treated using surgery if they have burst (ruptured) or there's a risk that they will burst. Preventative surgery is…
Diagnosis-Brain aneurysm
Contents Overview Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prevention A brain aneurysm is usually diagnosed using angiography. Angiography is a type of X-ray used to check blood vessels. This involves inserting a…
Causes-Brain aneurysm
Contents Overview Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prevention Brain aneurysms are caused by a weakness in the walls of blood vessels in the brain. There are several reasons why this may happen,…
Symptoms-Brain aneurysm
Contents Overview Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prevention Symptoms of an unruptured brain aneurysm A brain aneurysm rarely causes any symptoms unless it bursts (ruptures). Unruptured brain aneurysms occasionally cause symptoms…
