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When To Call a Professional

Seek emergency help immediately if you find someone unconscious at the scene. Also look for care immediately if someone with a brain injury is one of the following symptoms:

* Headache
* Dizziness
* Drowsiness
* Nausea and vomiting
* Confusion
* Difficulty walking
* Slurred speech
* Memory problems
* Lack of coordination
* Irritable behavior
* Aggressive behavior
* Seizures
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If you have a minor head injury, your doctor may decide to monitor their condition in the emergency room for a short time or admitted to hospital for observation for a short time.

While in the emergency room or hospital room, medical staff will ask about your symptoms regularly, monitor your vital signs and confirm that you are awake and can respond.

When your doctor thinks that you are well enough to go home, I will return to the condition that a responsible adult stay home with you for a day or two to help you manage your condition. Your doctor will give specific instructions about the possible danger signs for the control. Read the rest of this entry »

Duration

Even if his brain injury is mild, you may have difficulty concentrating temporarily and may have headaches, dizziness and fatigue occasionally. This set of symptoms called postconcussional syndrome usually improves within three months.

The most serious forms of brain injury can be fatal. Those cases are not fatal sometimes require a long hospitalization with a long rehabilitation. According to a major research study, the average stay in a rehabilitation center is 61 days. In some cases, the disability is permanent. Read the rest of this entry »

All head injuries should be evaluated immediately by a doctor, so get emergency help or ask a friend or family member to take you to an emergency room. Once in the emergency room, the doctor will want to know:

* How you injured your head, including the height of the fall or the location (front seat, back or driver) in a car accident
* Your immediate reaction to the injury, especially any loss of consciousness or memory loss
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Brain injuries can cause a number of symptoms, depending on the type of injury, its severity and location. Some physicians classify brain injury in three categories according to their symptoms:

* Mild Brain Injury: there is minimal injury to the outside of the head, without loss of consciousness. The injured person may vomit once or twice and complaining of headache. Read the rest of this entry »

A head injury can cause various types of head injuries. These include:

* Skull fracture: a fracture or a fracture of the skull bones. In some cases, the skull collapses, so that the broken bone fragments pressing against the surface of the brain. This is called a depressed skull fracture. In most cases, a skull fracture causes a bruise (contusion) on the surface of the brain under the bill.

* Epidural hematoma: This is a severe form of hemorrhage (bleeding) in one of torn blood vessels under the skull during an injury. In general, the skull was also fractured. As bleeding from injured blood vessels, blood accumulates in the space between the skull and the dura, the membrane more outgoing of the three that cover the brain. This accumulation of blood called a hematoma, which can expand within the skull, pressing against the brain and cause death. Read the rest of this entry »