Postconcussion syndrome

The symptoms of mild to severe closed-head injury were listed in detail by Fisher (1985). They include impairment of every area of mental, emotional, and behavioral function, and confirm that the multiple adverse effects of ECT on the mind and brain are classic symptoms of closed head injury. McClelland et al. (1994) described the postconcussive syndrome in terms of... 

Hyperthyroidism Meniere s disease (early stages) Parathyroid disease Partial-complex seizures Postconcussion syndrome Premenstrual syndrome Pulmonary embolism Mitral valve prolapse ... 

Mental Retardation Paranoid Disorder Postconcussion Syndrome Schizophrenia Substance use disorders Temporal lobe epilepsy... 

Indications Wind stroke, qi stroke, or cold stroke, i.e., blockage and obstruction by cold evils, phlegm turbidity, or qi depression. Partial or total loss of consciousness due to cerebrovascular accident, uremia, or hepatic coma, encephalitis, hysteria, seizure disorders, psychosis, schizophrenia, postconcussion syndrome, dry sudden chaos (i.e., cholera-like) disease, and angina pectoris, and coronary heart disease... 

Heitger, M., Jones, R., and Anderson, T. 2008. A new approach to predicting postconcussion syndrome after mild traumatic brain injury based upon eye movement function. Proc. Ann. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. 30 3570-3573. 

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