SAH

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I had a patient the other day with the diagnosis of "SAH". What is SAH you might ask. SAH is an acronym for Sub-Arachnoid Hemorrhage. It is basically a brain bleed. This particular patient was not very old, just in her forties. She had fallen on a wet floor, and hit her head. She suffered a headache, but refused to go to a doctor, thinking it would soon go away. Tylenol and Ibuprofen did not help much. After a day had passed, her husband noticed her slurred speech, and her crooked smile. She became somewhat disoriented, and he rushed her to the hospital. They did an MRI of the brain, and found she had the brain bleed. Surgeons did what they could, but the pressure on the brain had been going on too long. She died, quietly, with husband at her bedside. Distraught. Please, if you or a loved one have any kind of blow to the head, seek medical attention. Immediately. It could be a life or death decision.