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What Causes Sudden Death During Detox And Recovered Head Injury?

my sister died 4 yrs ago on admission to a and e they said she had overdosed, then changed their mind,said she was in detox, she did have an alcohol problem, also a head injury sustained a year before, she went from a and e to high dep to intensive care and died 5 days later totally confused nightmare for the family plse help
Wed, 29 Jul 2015
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Dear user, I'm sorry about your sisters demise. Since she had an alcohol problem, we today know that alcohol causes any head injury to worsen. Thus she was at risk. There was the possibility of an unnoticed lesion or a clot in the brain. These are tough to figure out. Particularly in an A & E setup where patients have to be triaged, and there is no real time and effort expended to ascertain the right diagnosis, because of the nature of a casualty. Head injuries, even if occurred years back persist and create problems later on. Was an MRI or CT Scan taken? Be vigilante in the future. Obliged, Dr. Neel Kudchadkar "healthcaremagic"
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What Causes Sudden Death During Detox And Recovered Head Injury?

Dear user, I m sorry about your sisters demise. Since she had an alcohol problem, we today know that alcohol causes any head injury to worsen. Thus she was at risk. There was the possibility of an unnoticed lesion or a clot in the brain. These are tough to figure out. Particularly in an A & E setup where patients have to be triaged, and there is no real time and effort expended to ascertain the right diagnosis, because of the nature of a casualty. Head injuries, even if occurred years back persist and create problems later on. Was an MRI or CT Scan taken? Be vigilante in the future. Obliged, Dr. Neel Kudchadkar healthcaremagic