Can acute subdural hematoma die?

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Acute subdural hematoma is the subdural hemorrhage caused by trauma. The blood clot formed by hemorrhage oppresses the brain. Acute subdural hematoma is located in the subdural area. It is usually the three or four day of injury. Symptoms are the most common intracranial hematoma occurring in traumatic brain injury. The incidence rate is very high, up to 70%. This kind of disease comes on very quickly, the injury condition is serious, the mortality rate is also very high. Can acute subdural hematoma die? Now let me tell you something.

Can acute subdural hematoma die?

First, the manifestations of patients with acute subdural hematoma are related to the extent of hematoma, the speed of hematoma formation and the degree of brain contusion. Patients will appear coma, hemiplegia, increased intracranial blood pressure, and some also lose the ability to speak. Generally, such patients are less awake, and their symptoms are more serious.

Second, there will be skull fracture in X-ray plain film of such patients, high-density crescent shadow in head CT scan, and severe brain contusion and laceration or intracerebral hematoma in patients. Subdural hematoma is visible at any age, especially in the young adults. The incidence rate of this disease is extremely low.

Third: Patients with acute subdural hematoma will have the following manifestations: disturbance of consciousness, increase of intracranial blood pressure. With the increase of intracranial pressure, patients often have symptoms of headache and vomiting. With the aggravation of the disease, patients not only have disturbance of consciousness, disorder of vital signs, but also have pupil dilation and hemiplegia.

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If the patients with acute subdural hematoma have a large amount of bleeding, if they can not relieve intracranial hypertension in time, they will be in danger of life. Therefore, early diagnosis and timely treatment are necessary to effectively reduce the mortality.