Question 1

can accidental brain bleeding be diagnosed in one day old baby?

Accepted Answer

Yes: An ultrasound through the fontanel (soft spot) can often show an intracranial bleed.

Question 2

what could cause brain bleeding?

Accepted Answer

Blood vessel disease: Defects of blood vessels in the brain can result in brain bleeding.  The most common is avm, then aneurysms.  These can be congenital or acquired.  Some bleeding can be caused by high blood pressure.  Bleeding disorders including homophilia and sickle cell can cause brain bleeding.  Trauma and shaking will result in bleeding over or into the brain.  Severe infections may cause bleeding as well.

Question 3

what's a level 2 brain bleeding?

Accepted Answer

Premature?: Premature infants are subject to bleeding into their brains.  These bleeds are given grades 1, 2, 3, 4.  Grade 2 intraventricular hemorrhage (ivh) is blood into the ventricle but without dilation and without extension into the brain.  Grade 3 is major blood throughout the ventricles with dilation.  Grade 4 is bleeding into the substance of the brain.

Question 4

what are the tests for brain bleeding?

Accepted Answer

Imaging and CSF: Depending on the clinical circumstances, imaging by ct scan or MRI is the usual test for bleeds in the brain.  A spinal tap will disclose the bleed if it has reached the cerebrospinal fluid.

Question 5

how to know if i have a concussion or brain bleeding?

Accepted Answer

Be evaluated by Dr.: Not all head injuries are concussions.  Not all concussions have brain bleeds.  The only way to "see" a brain bleed is to have a ct scan, and this only shows larger bleeds (relatively).  Start by getting a physical exam by your doctor.  If indicated, he or she may order a ct or if it has been a longer period of time, maybe mri.

Question 6

have numbing sensation in my head is that brain bleeding?

Accepted Answer

: No, it is very unlikely. Take care.

Question 7

if i had brain bleeding after a concussion, would i know it?

Accepted Answer

Not likely: Concussion is often associated with micro bleeds in the brain that do not produce a mass or reach the csf.  In fact diagnosis of concussion includes no evidence of bleed.  Bleeding in the brain raises the finding to more than concussion.  The person suffering the  "concussion" is usually not in a position to know if there is bleeding in the brain.

Question 8

what to do if i have a subdural brain bleeding, the doctors are lost?

Accepted Answer

How severe?: You must see a neurosurgeon. Not all subdurals require surgery. Do you have symptoms, like difficulty walking, with speech, seizures?
If you don't need brain surgery, count yourself lucky.

Question 9

he had brain bleeding and now (years later) still can not smell or taste. is there a surgery that can make that comeback?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: Although this is really a question for a neurologist, my thoughts are that if you do not have any nasal obstruction or major nasal congestion, the hemorrhage in the brain may have destroyed the olfactory nerve, the nerve of smell in the frontal lobe base.  If this is the case, then it is unlikely that anything can be done to restore this function.  Lack of smell is accompanied by lack of taste.

Question 10

i just hit my head not so hard and i didnt get any symptoms but im worried i may have brain bleeding and not know it  its been 2 hours and no symtoms, how can i know that im fine?

Accepted Answer

Well...: .. you're online, you have no symptoms, seem articulate. Are you dizzy? Headache? Vision issues? Your brain is protected by a nice, thick skull... mother nature plans ahead. If you seem fine, you most likely are fine. If you have any symptoms out of the ordinary, then you should seek medical care. But from what you described, there is nothing out of the ordinary.

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He had brain bleeding and now (years later) still can not smell or taste. is there a surgery that can make that comeback?

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I just hit my head not so hard and i didnt get any symptoms but im worried i may have brain bleeding and not know it its been 2 hours and no symtoms, how can i know that im fine?

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