I had a subdural haematoma caused by a kickboxing fight. Three visits to A&E and 2 to my GP over the course of four weeks, with what I thought was concussion. Each time they refused to scan me and sent me home advising me to take painkillers.
Four weeks and one day after the fight I went into work, headache was ever present but I was eating brufen and paracetamol every other hour. Eyes started rolling, started to wobble.so they took me to A&E…where the scanned me and found the bleed had built up so much that all of my brain was squashed into the left half of my skull. Cue panic from assorted doctors & consultants, I’m now no. 1 on the list for surgery in the Midlands and blue lighted over to QE for an op.
Few days in hospital, and months later when discharged as an outpatient, they told me that it was the first time they had seen a scan as bad as mine that wasn’t post mortem…even my hard nosed nurse wife started to get upset then!
Good news is that I’m fully recovered, and no obvious lasting effects…although I’m pretty sure dementia is in the post for both me and my wife (she had a stroke age 35).
Your mate will be ok, he’s in the very best hands.
