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Suggest Treatment For Bleeding Lesion On Head After Injury

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Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2015
Question: Yes my 6 year old grand daughter just hit her head pretty bad, it was bleeding alot of course, now has stopped. its a about 1/8" small cut, but I am concearned about her age, and head growth, possible concussion? How long should I make sure she stays awake?
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (3 hours later)
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Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

Apparently your daughter did not lose consciousness after the head injury and the cut is pretty small.So,it should not have caused an intracranial damage as such.However,I suggest that,keep observing closely,and if she develops any change in her consciousness level or any other behavioural change,get a CT scan of head done.
This is unlikely to affect head growth,though.Getting sleepy and losing senses are different things.If her consciousness level remains fine,she can take a sleep.On the other hand,if she loses her senses due to some intracranial damage,you can't keep her awake,just by engaging her.
So,we can't define a time limit for how long should you keep her awake?

If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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Suggest Treatment For Bleeding Lesion On Head After Injury

Brief Answer: As follows: Detailed Answer: Hi XXXX, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. Apparently your daughter did not lose consciousness after the head injury and the cut is pretty small.So,it should not have caused an intracranial damage as such.However,I suggest that,keep observing closely,and if she develops any change in her consciousness level or any other behavioural change,get a CT scan of head done. This is unlikely to affect head growth,though.Getting sleepy and losing senses are different things.If her consciousness level remains fine,she can take a sleep.On the other hand,if she loses her senses due to some intracranial damage,you can't keep her awake,just by engaging her. So,we can't define a time limit for how long should you keep her awake? If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)