Top brain surgeon urges Terry to
take it easy
One of Britain's top brain surgeons has urged England captain John
Terry not to rush back to action after suffering an horrific head
injury last weekend.
Colin Shieff, consultant neuro-surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital
in London, said he would normally advise similar injury victims to
take it easy for at least two weeks.
Terry lost consciousness, swallowed his tongue and stopped
breathing after a kick in the head from Arsenal's Abou Diaby during
their 2-1 League Cup final win on Sunday.
But he checked out of hospital after treatment and returned to the
Millennium Stadium to celebrate with his victorious teammates. And
the defender could now return to action against Portsmouth on
Saturday.
"Someone who came in to us with a similar story and which was
witnessed by so many, I would suggest to them that they take it
easy for a couple of weeks," said Shieff.
"Boxers who were rendered unconscious would not be allowed to go
back into the ring until they had satisfied the requirements of the
regulatory authority. The boxing board of control would not let
them fight for two or three months afterwards.
"It is one thing feeling well enough to get back to the team and
another to being considered fit to play. He is more than likely to
have had a brain scan on Sunday and it would probably have showed
up normal and that there was no bleeding.
"During the period a person is knocked out, the brain is not
working. It is like having a computer which suddenly doesn't work
and won't accept anything you type or which refuses to save
anything. When you get it working again, you might find it has
saved your document but it may not have.
"During the period he was out, his brain wasn't getting a lot of
oxygen but Chelsea are concerned about the guy as well as his
performance and I am positive they will have obtained some
neurological opinion and given him an MRI scan to determine whether
there is any other damage.
"You can't always predict these things and it may take a while to
get right. But generally, if someone is feeling fine in 24 hours,
then there is likely to be no long-term problems."
Agree but without terry our defence look abit fragile
