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American singer and reality TV star Bret Michaels was rushed to hospital last Thursday night after suffering a brain haemorrhage, according to reports.

The former Poison frontman is said to be in intensive care after being diagnosed as suffering from a subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Dr Joseph Broderick, a member of the American Academy of Neurology, has told MTV News that he does not know the specific details of the case, but subarachnoid haemorrhage is not the most common type of stroke, occurring in around five per cent of cases.

He explained that this type of stroke is "where you have bleeding from the artery at the base of the brain, a kind of explosion of blood around the base of the brain, and it can be very serious".

According to Dr Broderick, 30 per cent of patients die from this type of brain injury within the first month, but many patients are able to survive and live relatively normal lives afterwards.

The NHS website states that the symptoms of a subarachnoid haemorrhage may include a sudden and blindingly painful headache, a stiff neck, sickness, slurred speech and changes in personality or behaviour.

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