The hypoxic brain damage or hypoxic cerebral hemorrhage is a condition that refers to a severe decrease of oxygen to the brain, although there is adequate blood flow. This condition can be caused by airway obstruction or respiratory tract caused by strangulation, suffocation or choking conditions like head trauma, cardiac arrest, carbon monoxide poisoning and complications from surgery. In mild cases, cerebral hypoxia lead to a loss of memory or temporary memory loss, bad taste, motor coordination and inattention or neglect.

It is very important for the brain to get enough oxygen. The lack of oxygen in brain cells can lead to tragic consequences in minutes. If the failure or lack of oxygen lasts longer, the brain can not react to stimuli that lead to seizures, unconsciousness, coma and brain death. When brain death occurs, the basic life functions like breathing, homeostasis, blood circulation and maintenance of blood pressure and other preserved cardiac function, but the patient would already be passive and not aware of everything.

Treatment depends largely on the primary cause of hypoxia, but it is imperative that the basic systems of life support must be installed to regulate body processes. For example, a fan necessary to ensure the airway, drugs to maintain blood pressure and pulse and other drugs to suppress seizures that can further damage brain tissue.

Recovery and rehabilitation of patients depend largely on the duration of oxygen deprivation to the brain and he suffered the degeneration of brain cells are produced. Most patients suffering from hypoxia and recovered completely had been unconscious for a short period. If they had been unconscious for a long period of time, the likelihood of brain death or death as a result of the episode is quite high and lower the chance of full recovery.