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Originally Posted by Alan C. Lawhon
Kevin may have suffered a subdural hematoma. Loss of consciousness is one of the key symptoms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdural_hematoma
The slight reduction in swelling of the brain is a hopeful sign. If that continues, there may be hope for recovery.
I'll nit it up a bit, sorry.
Probably not a subdural. They're pretty much a disease of screaming alcoholics or due to trauma. (The alcoholics usually have them due to a fall, but for some complicated reasons you don't care about they also have a significant risk of spontaneous SDH) The treatment for SDH is pretty much surgical - not having seen any mention of surgery, that would make this diagnosis much less likely.
In a young person, more likely cause is a bleed from either an aneurysm or AVM. Severity can range from trivial to lethal. Not seeing the scans, I can't be helpful in terms of outcome, but I would note that a couple of people I've seen with what looked like non-survivable bleeds walked out of the hospital. So good wishes to him and his family.
Add - I didn't see that he was induced into a coma. This generally indicates severe brain swelling is present - and as noted above would not go along (generally) with a diagnosis of SDH
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