Re: 'Hair Pattern growth Change following head trauma?'

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Only In Lake O....btw if the hair pattern continues the kick in the

pants should be more cushioned!!!!You ought to recomend tying one leg up

and entering him in a contest!

> I have a pt. who¹s husband is a commercial diver. His hairline is

> receding and the hair on his neck is getting thicker. Both the pt. and

> her husband claim that if it continues, he will become a ³Chia-butt².

> They are a kick in the pants.

> All kidding aside, I wonder how the PCP saw the bulging disc on the

> x-ray. Also wondering why so few ER docs order c-spine films

> post-trauma.

>

>

> ( E. Abrahamson, D.C.)

> Chiropractic physician

> Lake Oswego Chiropractic Clinic

> 315 Second Street

> Lake Oswego, OR 97034

> 503-635-6246

> Website: http://www.lakeoswegochiro.com

> On 12/28/04 4:51 AM, " Vern Saboe DC " <vas@...> wrote:

>

>> Dear Colleagues:

>>

>> Anyone have familiarity with a change in hair growth patterns

>> following direct head trauma....is this a cranial plate problem that

>> requires cranial adjusting???

>>

>> I have a former patient coming in that has a prior three level

>> surgical arthodesis (C4-C7) following a previous MVA who got struck on

>> the top of the head. She rolled her ATV four wheeled bike and the

>> engine struck her on the head hard as it rolled over her stopped body.

>>

>> This is now 8 months post ATV accident and she has had a myriad of

>> medical knuckleheads and is only now coming to me for answers. She

>> has trouble breathing waking up at night gasping for air, and has

>> several other neurological signs and symptoms that sound a lot like

>> upper cervical myelopathy. She has had one CT, and two MRIs of her

>> head but does not believe any of her upper cervical spine? ....and

>> only just a week ago did anyone finally decide to take cervical plain

>> films X-rays with her PCP promptly stating the X-rays show a " bulging

>> disc! " ......yikes and we are supposedly the pseudo-doctors???

>>

>> ...oh and her PCP sent her to a dermatologist for the weird hair

>> pattern growth change....with the dermatologist promptly asking if she

>> had seen a neurologist....yikes again!

>>

>> So, sounds like part of her possible/probable problem and subsequent

>> clinical solution is relative to her cranial plates and need for

>> cranial work so.....has any one seen this change in hair pattern

>> growth with cranial problems??

>>

>> Thanks and sorry for this long post,

>>

>> Vern Saboe, DC.,DACAN.,FICC.,DABFP.,FACO

>> Albany, Oregon

>>

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