Background

In the acute phase, patient with severe head injury has a decreased level of arousal. After this phase, patients themselves and their relatives could get surprised by symptoms including seizures, contractures, spasticity, cranial nerve injuries, altered vision and sense of smell, symptoms of dysautonomia, altered sphincter control, altered coordination, speech and language impairments and a lot of different physical symptoms that may vary according to the severity and the topographic distribution of the injury.

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