REESE POST-HEAD TRAUMA FEARS
Reese Witherspoon may face brain surgery after being hit by a car while jogging, experts say.
It's the story behind the shocking real harrowing accident on September 7 in which the Oscar-winning actress has slammed his head on the ground after being hit by a car 84 years in Santa Monica, California
These exclusive photos APPLICANT - broken minutes after the collision - to show the beauty in general perky blonde bloody and dazed as a team of emergency responders mowed his head with gauze and wrap a collar around the neck.
"Although Reese has been treated in hospital and released with what was described as minor injuries, his family and friends were extremely concerned," a source close to the star told The Enquirer.
Medical experts - who have not treated the actress - agree that while injuries of the actress 35 years, "seem minor, it could develop life-threatening complications.
"There is a danger of seizure activity in the brain after brain injury," Dr. Samuel Jacobson, a medical intensive care in Boca Raton, Fla., told The Enquirer.
"Another possible danger is a subdural hematoma threatening, or bleeding in the brain. This can occur days - even weeks - after a head injury and can cause seizures or death. "
If the actress had suffered a subdural hematoma, the pressure in his skull to build and may need brain surgery, said retired physician sports medicine, Dr. Gabe Mirkin, Florida.
The same type of head injury - epidural hematoma, claimed the lives of actress Natasha Richardson, 45, in March 2009 after she was injured in a skiing accident.
The medical examiner ruled that she would have survived had he received immediate medical treatment, but there was a delay of four hours before she was transported to a medical facility.
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