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Q: Ischaemic changes

asked by: johnjones on May 5th, 2009

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My grandma is 75 years old she suffers from high blood pressure but has not taken any medication until she blacked out for the second time in 2 months. Her blood pressure was 300/80 but with medication the doctors have got it down to 120-150/80.

The scans that she had done in hospital have shown that she has bruising on the brain and she is not back to her normal self, she is confused and finds it hard to find the words she is looking for. She is very anxious and worries about everything. She is finding it difficult to walk as well. It has been over a week now and I am concerned that she will not get better. How long is the recovery time for this? Are there long term effects from bruising on the brain?

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MandMs

replied on May 7th, 2009

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It sounds like your grandmother had experienced a type of stroke, known as Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain due to high blood pressure).
Brain tissue swelling and bleeding within the brain put increased pressure on the brain and can eventually destroy it.
Difficulty speaking or understanding others, difficulty moving any body part and many others are symptoms of brain damage.
How well a person does depends on the size and location of the bleed.
Recovery can occur completely, or there may be some level of permanent loss of brain function ( permanent loss of any brain function, seizures).

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