Symptoms of INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE

Hemorrhages that occur in the upper part of the brain usually cause various degrees of weakness, numbness or paralysis. Difficulties with speech may also occur. Rupture into the ventricles may produce hydrocephalus. This accumulation of spinal fluid within the cavities of the brain may produce headaches, nausea and vomiting, coma and death. Hemorrhages in the cerebellum or brainstem usually produce severe symptoms. The brainstem carries all information through it in a concentrated areas. Therefore, weakness, numbness, balance problems, incoordination, double vision coma and death are common. Hemorrhages in the cerebellum, which is confined to the small compartment in the skull just above the spine, may compress the brainstem leading to altered consciousness, coma and death. Hydrocephalus may also occur with nausea, vomiting, headaches, coma and death.