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 | | Symptoms of post-traumatic/ post-concussive syndrome: headache (80%); psychiatric (50%) (depression, easy fatiguability, diminished libido, personality change), cognitive problems (poor concentration, difficulty with memory), dizziness, which is usually movement associated (50%), some will have true vertigo. |
 | | Tinnitus, hearing loss is not uncommon, blurred vision, diplopia seen with brainstem contusion or concussion, diminished taste and smell with shearing of the olfactory nerve fibers are also seen in post-traumatic syndrome. |
 | | The most devastating are the cognitive impairments, so the post-traumatic headache patients tend to withdraw, which increases depression. |
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