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Report: How dangerous is Jagan's injury?

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy got injured in a shocking stone pelting incident last night after he was hit by a stone pelted at him by a miscreant. This incident is the talking point in Andhra Pradesh political circles.

Coming to the injury, Jagan suffered a blow to left eyebrow and this is a highly sensitive are and the medical consequences for the same can be really problematic.

The pterion is the thinnest and the weakest spot of the skull. and can be used as an anatomical landmark of the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery, lateral sulcus of brain and especially Broca's motor speech area. Injury to pterion usually causes rupture of the middle meningeal artery leading to life- threatening epidural hematoma

An epidural hematoma (EDH) is a collection of blood that forms between your skull and the dura mater, the outermost protective membrane covering your brain. The cause is usually an artery that gets torn by a skull fracture Symptoms include severe headache and loss of consciousness. But luckily for Jagan, he managed to escape without any immediate grave injuries.


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