Patient's question:
Lately, I don't know why I can't sleep, which greatly affects my work efficiency. My friend recommended that I go to the neurology department for a check-up. Could you please tell me what are the symptoms of a brain herniation?Doctor's answer:
A brain herniation can be simply understood as the left brain tissue being forced into the right ventricle of the brain due to increased pressure or external factors. Due to changes in intracranial pressure, it can cause the patient to experience headaches, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, high fever, unequal pupils on both sides, loss of consciousness, generalized muscle spasms, incontinence of urine and feces, and even respiratory or circulatory failure. Treatment should first focus on completely eliminating the increased intracranial pressure to actively save the patient's life.