Intracerebral<unk>  (ICH) is bleeding directly into the brain tissue and usually results from rupture of small penetrating arteries in the brain. Degenerative changes in the vessel wall may be associated with advancing age, chronic HTN, diabetes, and other vascular risk factor and It usually occurs at or near the bifurcation of affected arterioles. The exact cause of brain damage following intracerebral<unk>  is unknown. It is thought that ICH may result in brain injury by decreasing blood flow into the area surrounding the clot and causing neuronal ischemia or by overexertion of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which may result in the breakdown of the blood brain barrier and edema.
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