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Symptom: SEIZURES, COMPLEX PARTIALCause: Head trauma
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Severe trauma to the temporal lobe (especially from a penetrating injury) can produce complex partial seizures months or years later. The seizures may decrease in frequency and eventually stop. Head trauma also causes generalized seizures and behavior and personality changes



Symptom: PARESTHESIACause: Head trauma
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Unilateral or bilateral paresthesia may occur when Head trauma causes a concussion or contusion; however, sensory loss is more common. Other findings include variable paresis or paralysis, a decreased LOC, a Headache, blurred or double vision, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, and seizures


Symptom: LIGHT FLASHES (Photopsias)Cause: Head trauma
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A patient who has sustained minor Head trauma may report seeing stars when the injury occurs. He may also complain of localized pain at the injury site, a generalized Headache, and dizziness. Later, he may develop nausea, vomiting, and a decreased level of consciousness


Symptom: GAIT, SPASTIC (Hemiplegic gait])Cause: Head trauma
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Spastic gait typically follows the acute stage of Head trauma. The patient may also experience focal or generalized seizures, personality changes, a Headache, and focal neurologic signs, such as aphasia and visual field deficits


Symptom: AMNESIACause: Head trauma
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Depending on the trauma-s severity, amnesia may last for minutes, hours, or longer. Usually, the patient experiences brief retrograde and longer anterograde amnesia as well as persistent amnesia about the traumatic event. Severe Head trauma can cause permanent amnesia or difficulty retaining recent memories. Related findings may include altered respirations and LOC; Headache; dizziness; confusion; visual disturbances, such as blurred or double vision; and motor and sensory disturbances, such as hemiparesis and paresthesia, on the side of the body opposite the injury.



Symptom: HEARING LOSSCause: Head trauma
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Sudden conductive or sensorineural hearing loss may result from ossicle disruption, ear canal fracture, tympanic membrane perforation, or cochlear fracture associated with Head trauma. Typically, the patient reports a Headache and exhibits bleeding from his ear. Neurologic features vary and may include impaired vision and an altered level of consciousness


Symptom: HEADACHECause: Subdural hematoma
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Typically associated with Head trauma, acute and chronic subdural hematomas may cause a Headache and decreased LOC. With acute subdural hematoma, Head trauma also produces drowsiness, confusion, and agitation that may progress to coma. Later findings include signs of increased ICP and focal neurologic deficits such as hemiparesis


Symptom: APHASIA(Dysphasia)Cause: Head trauma
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Any type of aphasia may accompany severe Head trauma; typically, it occurs suddenly and may be transient or permanent, depending on the extent of brain damage. Associated signs and symptoms include blurred or double vision, Headache, pallor, diaphoresis, numbness and paresis, cerebrospinal otorrhea or rhinorrhea, altered respirations, tachycardia, disorientation, behavioral changes, and signs of increased ICP.



Symptom: OCULAR DEVIATIONCause: Head trauma
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The nature of ocular deviation depends on the site and extent of Head trauma. The patient may have visible soft-tissue injury, bony deformity, facial edema, and clear or bloody otorrhea or rhinorrhea. Besides these obvious signs of trauma, he may also develop blurred vision, diplopia, nystagmus, behavioral changes, a Headache, motor and sensory dysfunction, and a decreased LOC that may progress to coma. Signs of increased intracranial pressure?such as bradycardia, increased systolic pressure, and widening pulse pressure?may also occur


Symptom: DYSARTHRIACause: Head trauma
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Dysarthria can accompany a severe Head trauma resulting from damage to the areas of the brain that control the muscles of speech and coordination. Associated signs and symptoms may include blurred or double vision, Headache, loss of consciousness, severe Headache that doesn-t go away, repeated nausea and vomiting, weakness in one side or area of the body, pallor, seizures or convulsions, or coma
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