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What Does The Swelling Of My Right Back Skull Indicate After A Head Injury?
20 years ago I had my horse backflip off a cliff and break my neck . I the process the back of my head hit the forest floor first with the force of a 1000 lb horse and velocity behind flipping me over and sliding me down a hill. I survived with a C2 fracture and my head was sore for years. Recently the right back of my skull down low has been swollen a sore so much so it hurts to sleep at night on it. Do you think it is a swollen lymph node or a need to be reexamined with an MRI or CT to evaluate the trauma done 20 years ago?
Mon, 27 Jan 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your history and the current symptoms. First of all, I would like to reassure you that your current symptoms are not related to the injury sustained by you 20 years ago.
You need to be clinically examined by first by a doctor.
Then, an MRI or CT scan may be ordered to confirm the diagnosis.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your history and the current symptoms. First of all, I would like to reassure you that your current symptoms are not related to the injury sustained by you 20 years ago.
You need to be clinically examined by first by a doctor.
Then, an MRI or CT scan may be ordered to confirm the diagnosis.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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