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Cause of Death

2007

A bump in the head , accompanied by confusion , severe headache , loss of consciousness , slurred speech , as well as , ringing of ears which led to Julie 's death may have been caused by a serious head injury (Perez 2007

A hard blow to the head caused by striking an object ' means that a closed head injury ' occurred (Perez , 2007 . The first symptom which is mentioned to be the bump on the head ' is apparently covered by the aforementioned definition (Perez , 2007

Furthermore , the fact that it is

mentioned that she otherwise appears unhurt ' may possibly be a sign of a concussion (Perez , 2007 Explaining further , even though the signs of the patient 's head injury developed immediately as backed up by the claim that an hour later the patient experiences another symptom which is a severe headache (Perez , 2007 . Again , here , even if the patient appear unhurt , the complications could have resulted from bleeding inside the skull (Perez , 2007 . This is because even if the skull has not been ruptured , the brain can still pound or hammer against the inside of the skull and be bruised (Perez , 2007

Moreover , it is said that the patient is dazed as well since this is the case , head injury ' may have really occurred since confusion is also one of the several symptoms of head injury (Perez , 2007

In addition , the patient is noted to have lost consciousness (Perez 2007 . Loss of consciousness ' also suggests an occurrence of a serious head injury (Perez , 2007

The same is true with the following symptoms : severe headache , as well as , slurred speech which have been noted in the case as having trouble speaking (Perez , 2007

Last but not least , ringing of the ears ' also happens after the head is injured (Perez , 2007 . It is also included in the list of symptoms of head injury (Perez , 2007

To recap , incorporating all the symptoms mentioned , it is possible that Julie 's death is caused by a serious head injury (Perez , 2007

Reference

Perez , E (2007 . Head Injury . Retrieved October 11 , 2007 from

HYPERLINK "http /www .nlm .nih .gov /medlineplus /ency /article /000028 .htm http /www .nlm .nih .gov /medlineplus /ency /article /000028 .htm

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