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Hematoma subdural - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Hemorragia subdural

Síntomas:

  • Lenguaje confuso
  • Dificultad con el equilibrio o la marcha
  • Dolor de cabeza
  • Letargo o confusión
  • Pérdida del conocimiento
  • Náuseas y vómitos
  • Entumecimiento
  • Crisis epilépticas
  • Problemas del habla
  • Alteraciones visuales
  • Debilidad

En bebés:

Signos y exámenes:

Siempre consiga ayuda médica después de un traumatismo craneal. Las personas mayores deben recibir atención médica si muestran signos de problemas de memoria o deterioro mental. Un examen debe incluir una evaluación neurológica completa.

El médico puede ordenar un estudio imagenológico del cerebro si usted presenta cualquiera de los siguientes síntomas:

  • Lenguaje confuso
  • Dificultad con el equilibrio o la marcha
  • Dolor de cabeza
  • Incapacidad para hablar
  • Letargo o confusión
  • Pérdida del conocimiento
  • Náuseas y vómitos
  • Entumecimiento
  • Deterioro intelectual reciente en una persona de edad avanzada, incluso sin antecedentes de traumatismo craneal
  • Crisis epilépticas
  • Problemas del habla
  • Alteración visual
  • Debilidad

Probablemente, se realizaría una tomografía computarizada o resonancia magnética con el fin de evaluar la presencia de un hematoma subdural.

  • Reviewed last on: 6/28/2010
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Biros MH, Heegaard WG. Head injury. In: Marx JA, ed. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 38.

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