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What Are The Side Effect Of A Concussion?

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Posted on Wed, 6 May 2015
Question: What are side effect of a concussion related to a blood clot in the brain?
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (37 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Depends on the size and site of the concussion.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

Answer to your query is straightforward and one liner-Effects of a concussion with blood clot depends on the size and the site of the lesion.

Concussion(clot) in frontal lobe can cause personality changes, paralysis or speech problems.
Concussion(clot) in parietal lobe can cause sensory loss and language problems.
Consussion(clot) in occipital lobe can cause visual problems.

Large clot cause more pressure effect and symptoms as compared to smaller clot.

So,site and size matters.

Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else,please close the thread-rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Pradeep Vitta
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Follow up: Dr. Ajay Panwar (2 hours later)
Does all concussions lingering effects?
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (5 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Depends on the size of concussion.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up.

As I already said,it depends on the size of concussion and also on the site.Even a small concussion with blood clots on the crucial parts of the brain like brainstem may have lingering effects.Generally,larger the concussion,more lingering will be the effects.

Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else,please close the thread-rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Pradeep Vitta
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What Are The Side Effect Of A Concussion?

Brief Answer: Depends on the size and site of the concussion. Detailed Answer: Hi XXXX, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. Answer to your query is straightforward and one liner-Effects of a concussion with blood clot depends on the size and the site of the lesion. Concussion(clot) in frontal lobe can cause personality changes, paralysis or speech problems. Concussion(clot) in parietal lobe can cause sensory loss and language problems. Consussion(clot) in occipital lobe can cause visual problems. Large clot cause more pressure effect and symptoms as compared to smaller clot. So,site and size matters. Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else,please close the thread-rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)