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What Causes Loss Of Balance And Swollen Spot On The Eye After Hitting The Head?

I fell and hit the tender area beside my ear on the back of my head really hard. I lost balance the first time, thought I was okay but fell and hit it hard on the corner of a chair. My head won't stop throbbing, it's swollen and now I notice a blind spot in my left eye. Also some tingling in the head and eye. I also have MS. Should I see a doctor?
Mon, 7 Dec 2015
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Hello. Thanks for asking from HCM.


I can understand your concern. I will mention you alarming signs of head injury and you can correlate it with your injury. Then it will be decided whether you should consult or not
: Vomiting
: Bleed through nose/ear/throat
: Loss of consciousness
: decreasing consciousness
: onset of new focal deficit
: memory impairment
: headache not responding to medicines and/or continuously increasing

Now in your case, you are having persistent headache, swelling at injury site, blind spot in eye, tingling and you are a known case of MS. Your signs and symptoms does not fit into serious injury, but if you pain does not settle, consult doctor.

At home, you may follow few tips -
: apply ice packs at injury site
: take painkiller like Diclofenac sodium after proper prescription
: turn your head to side if vomiting
: keep your head at higher level than chest if any alarming signs
: For MS, you can consult doctor if it is becoming symptomatic
: Blind spot in left eye will resolve in 10-14 days.

Thanks. Hope it will help you. Take care.
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What Causes Loss Of Balance And Swollen Spot On The Eye After Hitting The Head?

Hello. Thanks for asking from HCM. I can understand your concern. I will mention you alarming signs of head injury and you can correlate it with your injury. Then it will be decided whether you should consult or not : Vomiting : Bleed through nose/ear/throat : Loss of consciousness : decreasing consciousness : onset of new focal deficit : memory impairment : headache not responding to medicines and/or continuously increasing Now in your case, you are having persistent headache, swelling at injury site, blind spot in eye, tingling and you are a known case of MS. Your signs and symptoms does not fit into serious injury, but if you pain does not settle, consult doctor. At home, you may follow few tips - : apply ice packs at injury site : take painkiller like Diclofenac sodium after proper prescription : turn your head to side if vomiting : keep your head at higher level than chest if any alarming signs : For MS, you can consult doctor if it is becoming symptomatic : Blind spot in left eye will resolve in 10-14 days. Thanks. Hope it will help you. Take care.