Brain conditions in plain language: head injury, hydrocephalus and stroke — when they need a scan, when they need surgery, and what to watch for at home. It covers when a head injury needs a CT scan, hydrocephalus in children, and the hours after a stroke that decide the outcome — read this if a scan or an urgent decision is what you are facing right now. 3 articles in this section, written for the practice of Dr. M. Abdur Rehman, consultant neurosurgeon, Faisalabad.
A stroke is a sudden loss of blood supply to part of the brain. Look for a drooping face, a weak arm, slurred speech. Note the time symptoms started and get to a hospital with a CT…
Hydrocephalus in children means extra cerebrospinal fluid builds up inside the brain and raises pressure. In babies the head grows too fast, the soft spot bulges and feeding gets p…
A CT scan is needed after a head injury if there was loss of consciousness, repeated vomiting, a fit, confusion or drowsiness, weakness or slurred speech, clear fluid or blood from…
Symptoms worth checking — numbness, night pain, foot drop — and how MRI, X-ray, CT and EMG are actually used to find the cause.
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