medical personnel tend to use terms that describe more precisely the location inside the body where the bleeding is found. Internal bleeding may occur within tissues, organs, or incavitiesof the body including the head, spinal canal, chest, and abdomen. Examples...
In a subarachnoid hemorrhage, blood accumulates in the space beneath the inner arachnoid layer of the meninges. The injury is often associated with an intracerebral bleed (see below). This is also the space where cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) flows and affected individuals can develop a severeheada...
There are many different types of dementia, and how it manifests depends on which part of the brain is damaged. Here’s what we do and don’t know.
Though unusual, the user's lungs can fill with fluid (pulmonary edema), causing extreme shortness of breath, sometimes respiratory failure, and death. In one study of the cocaine abusers who came to an emergency department, 40% complained of chest pain -- the most common complaint -- and ...