My wife fell, and incurred a concussion. She's had a massive headache for just over a week now. Been to the E.R. 3x, and twice to the trauma center (Grady in Atlanta), one of those times involving. helicopter ride.

My question....any experience in mitigating this type of headache. She also suffers from intense commode hugging migraine headaches, FWIW.
Thanks

There are centers throughout the States for concussion if you can travel. Look for the ones that treat NFL players and NASCAR drivers. Good luck

I am really sorry to here that Chuck. Will say a prayer for her.
Not sure how old she is or if she has had headache related issues before hand. Sounds like she may have hit pretty hard.
A couple of weeks on a pretty serious concussion is not out of the ordinary. If nothing else has been found or unusual time is her friend. It may take a while to make a full recovery

Sounds like she is getting some specialty care. What are they telling you guys.

I dealt with TBI-related migraines for some 35 years. I finally eliminated them using a relatively new technique called Low Level Light Therapy (also Low Level Laser Therapy). Took about 2 years, but I no longer get migraines.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
There are centers throughout the States for concussion if you can travel. Look for the ones that treat NFL players and NASCAR drivers. Good luck

Check these guys out: They are in Atlanta and know their stuff.

https://www.shepherd.org/patie...ex-concussion-clinic

I’m going to assume they have ruled out a subdural hematoma?

I work on concussion patients every week. Most are MVA, but some are slip and fall. Low Level Light Therapy works great, as mentioned by kkina. This is also called cold laser therapy.

The lasers I use are fairly expensive, about $5,000 new. There are probably less expensive models out there that work and are safe. Ideally buy or rent one for home care, then sell or return it when the problem is resolved.

There are some excellent articles on treating TBI with lasers. Search under: Low-Level Laser Therapy in Neurorehabilitation.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
I’m going to assume they have ruled out a subdural hematoma?

Negative. Diagnosis is "Subdural, sub-arachnoid hematoma" (spelling might not be exact)

^^^ Wow, that is a huge detail. If accurate, that's an interesting combination of brain bleeds. She might have had a subarachnoid hemorrhage first (from a spontaneously burst blood vessel), making her fall, which resulted in the subdural hematoma. Again, that is, if your description is accurate. A fall by itself will result in a subdural hematoma, if there is a bleed, but quite rarely result in a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Next question is, the subdural bleed must be small enough that they decided not to do surgery?

Three trips to the ER to include a helo-ride...this is pretty serious. Besides internet forum diagnosis, what's has her doctor said and what is their treatment recommendations been?

I feel for her. This sounds like misery. I’d be very interested in what c1steve suggested, but I’d have her back to the doc for follow up scans to see if anything has resolved or at least started to..