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PurpleParis | 07:46 Thu 11th Dec 2014 | Health & Fitness
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Whiplash injury
Thanks Sqad.....just an afterthought though....i do periodically suffer with neuralgia....could these shooting pains be because the knock has sparked the neuralgia off? I only think this because the pain is similar....but the neuralgia is normal up and down the side of my face and this is at the back of my head where I knocked myself.
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Purple....difficult to say...........Whiplash injuries usually settle down without any complications, but may well exacerbate any pre-existing underlying conditions as you have well described......neuralgia, made worse by a WI. I would say that this has happened to you Purple and may take time to settle. In my opinion, 6 months after WI is the "cut...
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Purple....difficult to say...........Whiplash injuries usually settle down without any complications, but may well exacerbate any pre-existing underlying conditions as you have well described......neuralgia, made worse by a WI.
I would say that this has happened to you Purple and may take time to settle.

In my opinion, 6 months after WI is the "cut off" time for persisting symptoms and if after that time symptoms persist, then a specialist referral is mandatory.

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