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Brain Injury After An Accident, Has Irritation, Mood Swings, Post Traumatic Amnesia. How Long Will It Take To Be Normal?

Hello Doctor, My husband met with a car accident in Oct 2011 and suffered brain injury ( frontal lobe injuries). He was in ICU for 2 weeks and got conscious after 12 days. Now He is out of hospital but has irritation, mood swings and still suffers post traumatic amnesia . 1. How long will it take for him to become normal. (The medicines he is taking now is encorate chrono 800mg 1-0-1 and rantac-1-0-1, gloeye-0-0-1.) 2. How long should he continue encorate chrono.
Fri, 26 Oct 2012
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Hi,

Thank you for posting the query.

Your husband had suffered from a severe head injury, as he remained unconscious for 12 days and required ventilator.

Recovery from this condition is slow, and may be incomplete.

Encorate chrono is a medicine to prevent fits, which may occur in a patient with severe head injury. If there is frontal lobe scarring (which can be seen on brain scan), he should continue this medicine for a long period of time.

Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
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Brain Injury After An Accident, Has Irritation, Mood Swings, Post Traumatic Amnesia. How Long Will It Take To Be Normal?

Hi, Thank you for posting the query. Your husband had suffered from a severe head injury, as he remained unconscious for 12 days and required ventilator. Recovery from this condition is slow, and may be incomplete. Encorate chrono is a medicine to prevent fits, which may occur in a patient with severe head injury. If there is frontal lobe scarring (which can be seen on brain scan), he should continue this medicine for a long period of time. Best wishes, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad