Hello Everybody,

I found this forum searching for information on my concussion symptoms.

Here is my story:

I'm a 32 year old male with no history of major head trauma. I was showering a week ago and slipped. It is one of those showers that doubles as a bath tub so I hit the underside of the back of my skull on the edge of the back of the tub. I hit it pretty hard and knew immediately that it was a concussion but I couldn't afford to miss school so I just finished showering and proceeded with my day. For the rest of the day I was kinda dizzy and lightheaded and also had a slight headache, and I otherwise never get headaches.

I didn't have any other concussion symptoms. My mood never changed, I never had one dilated pupil, and I didn't really even have any balance problems after the first half hour and even those were minor. I never lost consciousness and have not had any memory loss. Haven't had any nausea as of yet either.

I felt like I was gradually improving over the next several days until or 4 days ago when I redeveloped a headache. I toughed it out and the next day the headache was gone but the dizziness was worse. I decided to finally go to the doctor and they set me up for a CT scan, to confirm that there is no bleeding, which I finally had done today, not sure when I'll be getting the results.

Over the past two days I feel like my dizziness have returned to where they were before my relapse, but that itself is no better than I felt the day after injury. The light headedness has somewhat improved but I now have a constant low grade headache.

My questions:
1. I have read that a CT scan is best able to pick up bleeding in the first several days. That doesn't really make sense to me, you are either bleeding or you aren't, don't see what time after injury has to do with anything. In any case, does this mean that my CT scan may miss bleeding considering that it has been taken a full week after by injury?

2. Is there any chance that instead of a standard concussion I may have Labyrinthene concussion? My understanding is that dizziness, my main symptom, indicates some type of damage to the inner ear as opposed to the brain. Should I consult an ear specialist if my symptoms continue to not improve?

That's all for now. Thank you for reading and I appreciate any information you are able to provide.


Adam