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What Are The Symptoms Of A Head Injury?

my husband was skatboarding a couple days ago and he fell hard enough to brake the helmet he was wearing. The workers at the park let him drive home. he didnt want to see the doctors right then and there. I told him he need to not sleep no heavy lifting and so i monitored him and his activity hes been ok so far yet im not a doctor now that ive been on him he wants to see the doctor are we to late in getting his head checked
Thu, 6 Oct 2016
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Hello Madam

Welcome to Healthcare Magic.

I can certainly understand your concern.

I worked through your query in detail.

Head Injury can present with wide variety of symptoms.

It can present with headache initially at the point of impact and later it can present with a diffuse headache.

It's very important to detect symptoms of raised intracranial tension which is due to collection if blood in the brain tissue or around it.

These symptoms include vomiting, blurring of vision, altered levels of consciousness and difficult breathing.

Hence it is important to attend emergency care and get a CT scan of the head at the earliest to detect an active delayed bleeds.

But on a preventive note it's advisable to get an elective CT scan of the brain to prevent emergency visits.

Please check with your Neurologist if he shares my view and if can advise you on this.

Kindly update me with your health status in the due course via a periodical online follow up.

Post your further questions if any.
Thank you.
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What Are The Symptoms Of A Head Injury?

Hello Madam Welcome to Healthcare Magic. I can certainly understand your concern. I worked through your query in detail. Head Injury can present with wide variety of symptoms. It can present with headache initially at the point of impact and later it can present with a diffuse headache. It s very important to detect symptoms of raised intracranial tension which is due to collection if blood in the brain tissue or around it. These symptoms include vomiting, blurring of vision, altered levels of consciousness and difficult breathing. Hence it is important to attend emergency care and get a CT scan of the head at the earliest to detect an active delayed bleeds. But on a preventive note it s advisable to get an elective CT scan of the brain to prevent emergency visits. Please check with your Neurologist if he shares my view and if can advise you on this. Kindly update me with your health status in the due course via a periodical online follow up. Post your further questions if any. Thank you.