A swelling of the brain due to increase fluids in around the brain tissue most often due to trauma, infection, salt or sugar imbalance, shock, anoxia, etc.
Swelling in the brain, commonly associated with brain tumors, head injury and stroke. Swelling within the closed space of the skull can damage brain tissue and restrict blood flow to the brain.
increased water content within the brain that can cause brain damage
generalized swelling caused by accumulation of fluid on the brain. This is a common consequence of shaking and often leads to the death of a shaken baby syndrome victim.
Cerebral edema is an excess accumulation of water in the intra- and/or extracellular spaces of the brain. Edema can occur as the result of many things, including head injury, allergic reaction, stroke, acute liver disease, cardiac arrest or from the lack of proper altitude acclimatization.