What is Intracerebral hemorrhage?
'''Intracerebral hemorrhage''' ('''ICH'''), also known as '''cerebral bleed''', is a type of [[intracranial bleed]] that happens within the [[brain]] [[tissue]] or [[ventricles of brain|ventricles]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Naidich|first1=Thomas P.|last2=Castillo|first2=Mauricio|last3=Cha|first3=Soonmee|last4=Smirniotopoulos|first4=James G.|title=Imaging of the Brain, Expert Radiology Series,1: Imaging of the Brain|date=2012|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-1416050094|page=387|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TUfZSKldJRwC&pg=PA387|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002094230/https://books.google.com/books?id=TUfZSKldJRwC&pg=PA387|archive-date=2016-10-02}}</ref> Symptoms can include [[headache]], one-sided weakness, vomiting, seizures, decreased level of [[consciousness]], and [[neck stiffness]]. Often symptoms get worse over time. [[Fever]] is also common. In many cases bleeding is present in both the brain tissue and the ventricles. Causes include [[brain trauma]], [[brain aneurysm|aneurysm]]s, [[arteriovenous malformation]]s, and [[brain tumors]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Stroke]] {{med-stub}}