This morning while working at Raleigh Neurology with Dr. Pourdeyhimi, we saw a patient that was dealing with post-concussion symptoms. She said that she was still having headaches over a month post-concussion. Dr. Pourdeyhimi explained to me after the visit that a concussion is just a disturbance of activity in different parts of the brain that cause symptoms like headaches, dizziness, etc. She also said that recovery can be longer for people with different conditions. There is still a lot that is unknown about concussions in the study of neurology and as there are more studies done on it, treatment changes. An example is previously treatment for concussions was that a person with a concussion should stay home and off of devices, but now as there are more studies, it is seen that pushing through little by little and going to school and classes is more effective for recovery. In the afternoon, we saw multiple patients that were dealing with seizers. It was interesting to learn that as Dr. Pourdeyhimi says, every kid gets one free sezier, but after that, they are diagnosed with epilepisy and given medicines and can live a normal life after being on a medicine.
Here is an image of me in the triage area!
Sounds like a fruitful start to WEP! Seems you’re getting great pieces of knowledge from Dr. Pourdeyhimi.