A head injury is any type of injury to the brain, scalp, or skull.
Depending on the injury, the injury can be mild and manifest as a headache or severe enough to be diagnosed as a traumatic brain injury.
The course of treatment is individual and depends on both the underlying cause and severity.
In the case of head injury, as a rule, concussion, scalp wound, skull fracture are often diagnosed.
The wound may be open or closed. The injury is closed if the injury has not penetrated the skull. If the injury is open, the integrity of the scalp and skull has been broken, and the brain has been damaged.
When to consult a doctor?
Any head injury is noteworthy and without appropriate instrumental or laboratory analyzes it is impossible to form a correct diagnosis. That is why you should consult a doctor in case of even minor head injury.
Remember, in some completely insignificant injuries, a large amount of bleeding is recorded at the beginning, but in more dangerous injuries, the patient or the patient's relatives do not see even a single drop of blood, that is, the process progresses asymptomatically. As you can see, you can't understand what type of damage you are dealing with only by a superficial visual inspection, and it is necessary to consult a specialist.
Symptoms of mild head injury are:
- Headache;
- Dizziness;
- Spinning sensation;
- Confusion;
- Nausea;
- Ringing in the ears.
Even with a severe head injury, the same symptoms as those characteristic of a mild injury appear. The following signs are also attached:
- Loss of consciousness;
- Attack;
- Vomiting;
- Balance or coordination problems;
- Strong disorientation;
- Pathological eye movement;
- Loss of muscle control;
- Persistent headache or headache that gets worse;
- Memory loss;
- Change in mood;
- Runny nose or ear.
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