MachoMan09 wrote:rhino222 wrote:all the best from all of us, brain surgery rcovery can be a long slow process, nothing is guaranteed, but with gods blessing harry will do well.
Al the best to Harry and his family.
Rhino, you are in the medical game (or were). Please can you -- if you know -- explain the following: Why did this happen to Harry and not some other fella in the gym or any other gym? Is this just one of those things or is it something that some people are vulnerable to, for whatever reason?
I know that is all a bit vague -- and I could research myself -- but I am after a layman's terms explanation of it, if possible. Cheers.
harry had a bleed in his head, induced by the trauma of boxing (paul ingle, rod douglas, johnny owen, michael watson, gerald mclellan etc etc)
a stroke is a bleed in the head that seems to happen spontaneously, hence stroke units in hospitals etc, this can happen to anyone at any time but is normally associated with the older generation and high blood pressure, but not always.....
what harry had was a bleed that could happen to any fighter taking traumatic blows to the head, at any time, due to the movements of the brain, within the skull, the chances of this happening are often enhanced by dehydration and fatigue, hence fighters from 'starved' weight divisions are normally the victims, in the second half of fights, but not always. heavyweights are not normally associated with this as they dont have to dehydrate.
the quality of the recovery is dependent on a number of things.
1. that the patient is scanned and diagnosed(CAT or MRI) as soon as possible, and surgical intervention takes place within the first hour or 2 after injury (the golden hour)
2. the determination or drive of the patient
3. the physical fitness of the patient
4. lady luck
5. the type of bleed, sub dural, sub arachnoid etc etc
6. the ease of surgical access and the skills of the surgical team often depending in the country and medical facilities of the actual accident itself.
7. good post operative care in the immediate and intermediate post operative perion, good intensive care nursing etc, good physio etc etc
8, and more lady luck....in the respect that infection does not become a factor.
HOPE THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
