The doctors advised Argentina president Cristina Fernandez to take a month off after finding out she has subdural brain hematoma as a result of a head injury.
A subdural hematoma is a formation of blood outside the brain usually caused by severe head injuries such as a fall, a motor vehicle collision, or an assault. The condition is life-threatening. The patient may seem normal for days but will soon experience the symptoms several days later. Some of the symptoms include headache, confusion, dizziness, nausea, and other migraine-like signs.
According to the New York Times, the president suffered from a "skull trauma" on Aug. 12. Her spokesperson Alfredo Scoccimarro said in a statement that the doctors said that she was fine during the time.
However, she started experiencing symptoms of migraines which she taught was related to a cardiovascular condition. She was sent to a Buenos Aires hospital on Sunday wherein the doctors found the subdural hematoma during a neurological assessment.
Aside from the doctor's recommendation that she takes a month off, the spokesman did not give further details about the condition of the president. It is also uncertain if she will follow the advice as there was an incident in 2012 when she was incorrectly diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that Vice President Amado Boudou, who is currently in France, is on his way back to Argentina to take over the president's duties.
Fernandez is very busy campaigning for the upcoming congressional elections on Oct. 27. If she lose control of the Congress, analysts predicted that she might not be able to open a constitutional change which can let her to run for a third term on 2015, although she previously announced that she has no plans of running again.
Politicians have expressed their wishes for her recovery through Twitter.
