What is hemorrhagic stroke?

Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in part of the brain becomes weak and bursts open, causing blood to leak into the brain. Intracerebral bleeding is usually caused by hypertension, whereas subarachnoid bleeding is from a ruptured artery due to an aneurysm.

How do members experience hemorrhagic stroke?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with hemorrhagic stroke*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for hemorrhagic stroke*

Who has hemorrhagic stroke on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 9
30s 15
40s 32
50s 82
60s 101
70+ 64

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 106
Female 192

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What is hemorrhagic stroke?

Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in part of the brain becomes weak and bursts open, causing blood to leak into the brain. Intracerebral bleeding is usually caused by hypertension, whereas subarachnoid bleeding is from a ruptured artery due to an aneurysm.



Common symptoms reported by people with hemorrhagic stroke

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for hemorrhagic stroke

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Compare treatments taken by people with hemorrhagic stroke

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Who has hemorrhagic stroke on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 213 say hemorrhagic stroke is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 9
30s 15
40s 32
50s 82
60s 101
70+ 64
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 3
20-29 years 12
30-39 years 6
40-49 years 15
50-59 years 17
60-69 years 9
70+ years 2

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 106
Female 192

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 110
Not Diagnosed 6

These charts show data from hemorrhagic stroke patients who have completed their condition history
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