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What is an example of hemorrhage?
Hemorrhage: Bleeding or the abnormal flow of blood. A hemorrhage may be “external” and visible on the outside of the body or “internal,” where there is no sign of bleeding outside the body. Bleeding from a cut on the face is an external hemorrhage. Bleeding into the spleen or liver are examples of internal hemorrhage.
What happens if you have a hemorrhage?
When a hemorrhage interrupts blood flow around or inside the brain, depriving it of oxygen for more than three or four minutes, the brain cells die. The affected nerve cells and the related functions they control are damaged as well.
Is a haemorrhage a stroke?
The blood accumulates and compresses the surrounding brain tissue. The two types of hemorrhagic strokes are intracerebral (within the brain) hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage. A hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a weakened blood vessel ruptures.
What is hemorrhagic disease?
Hemorrhagic disease is a bleeding problem that occurs in a baby during the first few days of life. Babies are normally born with low levels of vitamin K, an essential factor in blood clotting. A deficiency in vitamin K is the main cause of hemorrhagic disease in newborn babies.
Where can you get hemorrhage?
It can be external, or outside the body, like when you get a cut or wound. It can also be internal, or inside the body, like when you have an injury to an internal organ. Some bleeding, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, coughing up blood, or vaginal bleeding, can be a symptom of a disease.
Can you survive a hemorrhage?
Some patients recover fully after the bleeding if proper treatment is provided, but others survive with various complications. Possible complications that the patients could endure include loss of brain function, stroke, and adverse reactions to medications.
What are the signs of hemorrhage?
Signs and symptoms of internal hemorrhaging include: abdominal pain….Signs and symptoms of hemorrhagic shock
- blue lips and fingernails.
- low or no urine output.
- excessive sweating.
- shallow breathing.
- dizziness or loss of consciousness.
- confusion.
- chest pain.
- low blood pressure.
How do you manage a hemorrhage?
Management of Major Haemorrhage
- Assess: Is this major haemorrhage? ( See definition above)
- Restore circulating volume. Wide bore peripheral cannulae.
- Summon Help (See site specific information below). Seek senior staff assistance:
- Stop bleeding.
- Send blood samples.
- Give blood products as appropriate (see below)