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Although a man killed in a car accident in Nantong, Jiangsu province appeared calm, he suffered from amnesia and refused medical treatment. The doctor felt something was wrong and insisted on sending him to the hospital. He was eventually diagnosed with a traumatic intracranial hemorrhage and received immediate treatment.
Xinhua Daily Telegraph reported that a car accident occurred in Nantong, Jiangsu province. When Lu Zhanhua, an emergency physician from Haimen District People’s Hospital in Nantong city, arrived at the scene, he saw a young man sitting on the side of the road, his left eye bruised and swollen. The man not only forgot his name, but he also did not remember how he was injured. When he saw the ambulance, he shouted not to go to the hospital. In desperation, the police had to use his mobile phone to identify his face and attempt to unlock the phone. But at this moment, the man suddenly smiled and gestured “yes” towards the camera with a smile.
Seeing this, Lu Zhanhua immediately knew that something was wrong and insisted that the man be sent to the hospital as soon as possible. Lu Zhanhua and the police officers patiently discouraged the man from going home on his own and prepared a stretcher to immediately send the man to the emergency room of Haimen District People’s Hospital. As a result, computed tomography scans revealed that the man had a traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. The man was immediately transferred to the emergency intensive care unit for observation and treatment, and multidisciplinary consultation was immediately initiated.
Under the combined treatment of the emergency intensive care unit and brain surgery team, the man’s intracranial hemorrhage was effectively controlled and his consciousness gradually returned to clarity. He is currently out of critical care and has been shifted to the general neurosurgery ward.
“Xinhua Daily Telegraph” reported that if the following conditions occur after a head injury, you should immediately seek medical treatment:
1. Abnormal consciousness or cognition: cannot remember one’s name and address, answers questions that are not asked, asks the same questions repeatedly, behaves childishly or is incongruous with the scene, is unusually irritable or lethargic;
2. Headache continues to increase, or vomiting occurs frequently;
3. Weakness, numbness in limbs, instability in walking, unclear speech and cramps;
4. The pupils on both sides are different in size, and clear watery fluid or bloody fluid flows from the ear canal or nasal cavity;
5. People taking anticoagulants or antiplatelet medications are advised to seek medical evaluation as soon as possible, even if they feel well.
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When he was sitting on the roadside his left eye was injured and swollen. He forgot his name and did not remember how he was injured. He even refused to go to the hospital after seeing an ambulance, indicating that he had obvious cognitive abnormalities after the head injury.
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Because after a head injury, if there are behaviors that are inconsistent with the scene, such as suddenly smiling, behaving abnormally, or answering questions incorrectly, this can often be a warning sign of brain damage or intracranial hemorrhage, and requires further investigation immediately.
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Computed tomography revealed that the man had suffered a traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. He was subsequently transferred to the emergency intensive care unit and multidisciplinary consultation and treatment was initiated. The bleeding was effectively controlled, his consciousness gradually recovered and he has now been shifted to the general ward.
