10 Internal Bleeding Symptoms
9. Altered Mental Status
Being attentive, alert, and oriented are things that we usually take for granted on a daily basis. But many conditions might cause a person to be foggy, unresponsive, and even forgetful from time to time. The assessment of a person’s mental status is a key diagnostic tool and a way to evaluate a person’s behavior and cognitive functions.
Patients with an intracranial hemorrhage might experience changes in their mental status. As the condition causes the brain to swell up, the patient might feel dizzy at first and eventually may become disoriented, foggy, and even unresponsive to stimuli.
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