Can a subarachnoid haemorrhage cause Aspergers

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When I was born I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage (Brain Haemorrhage) I am wondering is there a connection with subarachnoid haemorrhage and Aspergers reason why I am asking this is because I read that one of the after results of a subarachnoid haemorrhage is that it mimics Aspergers. I have been wondering that for a while as with me one minute I will have a Aspie moment but then the next minute I start having NT moments. Or days like this as well. I believe there must be a connection with the two.

Can you describe the subarachnoid haemorrhage?

I've read that prenatal infections and genetic and metabolic disturbances are correlated with autism in some cases. Those are long-lasting or lifelong processes affect the entire brain. Subarachnoid hemorrhages are acute and produced locally but can herniate the brain.

My first view is "unlikely".

Ask your doctor.

As for what you read, share this with the doctor. Also consider the source. Reputable? Or just from an individual's personal blog or something?

I'm not surprised that a hemorrhage could lead to brain function problems. If those cause symptoms similar to Asperger's, okay then. Autism, tho', has been described as involving excess numbers of brain cells (neurons) and connections between them in the front part of the brain, leading to an ongoing distortion where sensory input is concerned. It messes royally with the neuro processing and the rest is history.

If your only brain problem was a hemorrhage, then as far as the experts know, it wouldn't be a cause of actual Asperger's. Similar symptoms that might even lead to an autism diagnosis? Maybe.

Again, ask your doctor. Most of us here aren't medical people.

No, it wouldn't cause AS. But it usually causes some kind of disability.

A subarachnoid hemorrhage is a form of stroke; rather than the usual sort of stroke, where a blood vessel is blocked, in a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a blood vessel breaks and it bleeds into the space between your brain and the protective membranes around it.

If you're very young when you have a stroke like that, then your outlook is way better than if you're an adult or elderly. Babies' skulls aren't closed yet, and so the pressure on the brain is far less of a problem. Even when there is damage, it can be repaired because a young brain is still growing and can compensate.

Some people with cerebral palsy have CP because of an early stroke like that. Other people have a presentation more like a traumatic brain injury. Many infants with subarachnoid hemorrhages recover completely.

what I don't understand about that, is that if brain haemorrhages can cause Asperger's symptoms than surely someone with a brain haemorrhage could end up being diagnosed because the only thing that allows diagnosis of Asperger's at this time is looking at symptoms, and no one knows for sure all the causes for Asperger's syndrome.

AS is not brain damage, though. AS is atypical development.

Like, say, instead of a human body, you're diagnosing a house. The results of a subarachnoid hemorrhage would be like a hole in the wall, perhaps patched over and with the furniture moved away so that the room can still be used. Diagnosing someone with Asperger's would be more like discovering that the house had been built from a really odd blueprint, so that it's awkward to live in, won't fit onto a standard residential lot and looks out of place in a suburban neighborhood.

I can't say absolutely that it is impossible for brain damage to mimic autism. Perhaps it could, if it happened in exactly the right way, and by complete chance the result was a person who seemed autistic. I've never heard of it happening. If I saw symptoms of autism in someone with a TBI, I would probably assume that they had been autistic before the TBI and had lost coping skills due to the damage.

Thanks for some of the comments. What I read yesterday was about some of the long term effect of SH which are: tiredness, headache, depression, anxiety. Which are the main problems I do suffer with as a oppose some AS traits. I have got mild social skill problems but that can be shown as shyness. When I was diagnosed at 18 the psychologist said that I was on the milder end of the spectrum and I can easily get mistaken for someone without AS. With comments like that I do start to get a little suspicious.

Interesting idea. I have wondered the same thing as i had cerebral fluid on the brain and had to have a shunt installed when i was 6 months old. There was some neurological damage done that affected my eyesight and balance and i too have wondered if it caused my AS.

I like this analogy, I can picture such a house.