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Suggest Treatment For Brain Hemorrhage After A Head Injury

i had fever and had gine to pathology for malaria CHECK UP but reaching there i had a fall due to vomitting and had 3 stiches on me head i was advise to go in for city scan where in there was a hammorage & docotr adsvise me to go for ango city scan where nothing futher 7 doctor advise to take eptoin 100 mg for 3 months
Tue, 20 Dec 2016
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I cannot determine which set of recommendations is best without seeing either the radiology REPORT or the scan itself and knowing more details about YOU (gender, age, other medical conditions).

If you would like a more solid opinion on best approach then, please consider uploading one of those items to me at:

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as well as more clinical data on yourself (gender, age), when this happened, any neurological residual deficits immediately following brain bleed, and how you've been improving or evolving since. I have concerns over the recommendation of getting angiography if they are thinking in terms of invasive style with catheter, etc. Why not something like an MRA or CTA which are very sensitive to things such as aneurysms and extent/locations of bleeds first? Angiocath with dye carries nontrivial risks and I'd avoid it if possible. If it's already done then, the point is moot...but careful in the future....try noninvasive screening tests first...technology is high enough nowadays that we typically do that first before invasive brain catheterizations.

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Suggest Treatment For Brain Hemorrhage After A Head Injury

I cannot determine which set of recommendations is best without seeing either the radiology REPORT or the scan itself and knowing more details about YOU (gender, age, other medical conditions). If you would like a more solid opinion on best approach then, please consider uploading one of those items to me at: www.bit.ly/drdariushsaghafi as well as more clinical data on yourself (gender, age), when this happened, any neurological residual deficits immediately following brain bleed, and how you ve been improving or evolving since. I have concerns over the recommendation of getting angiography if they are thinking in terms of invasive style with catheter, etc. Why not something like an MRA or CTA which are very sensitive to things such as aneurysms and extent/locations of bleeds first? Angiocath with dye carries nontrivial risks and I d avoid it if possible. If it s already done then, the point is moot...but careful in the future....try noninvasive screening tests first...technology is high enough nowadays that we typically do that first before invasive brain catheterizations. Please click THANK YOU and rate encounter with 5 stars if you d please. Cheers during this Holiday Season if applicable.