Brain edema

When the cerebrospinal fluid flowing through the ventricle is blocked by the passageway due to bleeding, the hydraulic fluid expands the brain stem and compresses the brain, causing brain dysfunction (the result is also lack of intelligence), which is called cerebral edema. Cerebral edema is the most common condition associated with many diseases. It is a problem that neurosurgeons often face. Traumatic "intracerebral hemorrhage", cerebral infarction, intracranial tumors, and intracranial infections can cause various factors. An important cause of acute death of patients! If the treatment of cerebral edema is ideal, it can significantly reduce the "disability" of the patient's mortality rate, thereby improving the prognosis of the patients and benefiting the harmony of the society and the family.

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