what causes brain hemorrhage
A brain hemorrhage is a type of stroke. It's caused by an artery in the brain bursting and causing localized bleeding in the surrounding tissues. This bleeding kills brain cells. The Greek root for blood is hemo. Hemorrhage literally means blood bursting forth..
A brain hemorrhage, one of the two main types of stroke results when a ruptured artery causes bleeding into the brain (intracerebral bleed) or into the space between the membranes surrounding the brain (subarachnoid hemorrhage). Damage occurs two ways.