Symptoms include slurred speech, headaches
It is a blood clot on the brain's surface beneath its outer covering, called the dura. It usually results from severe head injuries but can be caused by minor injuries as well and can go unnoticed for days or weeks.
In severe cases, blood could fill the brain "very rapidly" and lead to death. Many older adults, who are more susceptible to such injuries, experience slower, minor bleeding. Other factors that increase risk of developing such clots are taking certain medicines that thin the blood, long-term consumption of alcohol and repeated head injuries.
Neither Trebek nor the show's producers said whether Trebek suffered any symptoms before his diagnosis.
Retired Houston Astros coach Rich Dauer, 65, recently recovered from a subdural hematoma after he slipped and hit his head the night before the team's World Series parade in November, according to Bleacher Report.
Dauer attended the parade but was later taken to a local hospital.
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