CASE: Jennifer is a 16-year-old Latina girl who is new to your practice. During her first well visit, she mentions that she has had daily headaches for 2 years. They began after sustaining a concussion in a car accident. Typically, her headaches are bilateral and "squeezing"; they occur...
H Saleemi,A Getzin 摘要: HISTORY: A 20-year-old men's D1 basketball player presented four months after a concussion sustained in basketball. The athlete reported that three weeks after injury, he was asymptomatic and six weeks after injury he was cleared for full return to sport activities ...
CASE: Jennifer is a 16-year-old Latina girl who is new to your practice. During her first well visit, she mentions that she has had daily headaches for 2 years. They began after sustaining a concussion in a car accident. Typically, her headaches are bilateral and "squeezing"; they occur...
Sudden worsening of symptoms after initial improvement Swelling at the site of the injury Persistentvomiting Head Injury Treatment If you think you may have a concussion or suspect that someone else has one, the most important step to take is to prevent further injury. Stop whatever activity you...
If you have headaches after a car accident, be sure to go to a medical professional as quickly as possible. Headaches can be a sign of something more serious or life-threatening. You should not wait it out or try to treat it yourself. ...
Before puberty, boys and girls are affected equally by migraine headaches, but after puberty, more women than men are affected. Cluster headaches are a rare type of primary headache. It more commonly affects men in their late 20s, though women and children can also suffer from this type of ...
For example, you may take acetaminophen (Tylenol) several times a week for tension headaches. It can help at first, but after a while, the medicine itself can start to cause pain that feels like a tension headache. It can feel hard or even impossible to do everyday things without taking...
Light sensitivity can be a chronic issue for some after a concussion which can be treated with precision tinted glasses or contact lenses. The eyes are also frequently affected by concussions. Concussions can lead to a condition called binocular vision dysfunction caused by a misalignment of the ey...
After mild head injury, up to 50% of people develop a post concussion syndrome, which has been controversial for over 135 years. Headache is estimated as present in 30% to 90% of patients after mild head injury. Most headaches are of the tension type, although migraines can increase in ...
Headaches in the setting of hemodialysis for kidney failure can occur from too little sodium concentration in the dialysis fluid (Ref.4, p. 1511). Another mechanism of developing a headache in association with hemodialysis is when the blood pressure has significantly dropped about 4 hours after th...