British supermodel Georgina Cooper has died allegedly due to blood-brain hemorrhage as an after-effect of COVID-19. According to news reports, Cooper, best known for her cool Britannia look, passed on the Greek island of Kos. Celebrated as London’s original gap-toothed girl, Cooper is said to have fallen ill suddenly a day before she was due to return to the UK.
According to experts, the mortality rate for those hospitalized with COVID-19 had instances of intracranial hemorrhage between 50-85 per cent. Various international studies have reported the distribution of types of intracranial hemorrhages in cohorts of patients with coronavirus infection. What is intracranial hemorrhage? Also known as brain bleed, intracranial hemorrhage is a type of stroke that causes blood to pool between your brain and skull.
Doctors say the condition prevents oxygen from reaching your brain making it life-threatening and requiring quick treatment for the best outcome. While brain bleeds are common after falls and traumatic injuries, doctors say the condition also affects those with unmanaged high blood pressure and serious infections, when the body cells die due to lack of oxygen. The severity and outcome of a brain bleed depend on what causes it, the location inside of your skull, the size of the bleed, and the amount of time that passes between the bleed and treatment.
Once your brain cells die, they do not come back, and the damage can be severe – resulting in physical, mental, and task-b.
