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PLEASE ADD INFO ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AT THE PAGE Traumatic brain injury . THIS PAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ON HEAD INJURY (NOT SPECIFICALLY THE BRAIN) --> Head injury refers to trauma of the head . This may or may not include injury to the brain . However, the terms traumatic brain injury and head injury are often used interchangeably in medical literature. The incidence (number of new cases) of head injury is 300 of every 100,000 per year (0.3% of the population), with a mortality rate of 25 per 100,000 in North America and 9 per 100,000 in Britain . Head trauma is a common cause of childhood hospitalization.
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I am a 64 year old female(5ft. 4 in. and 120 pounds) with no previous head injuries or severe headaches. While attending my grandson's birthday party yesterday, one of the fathers threw a small football pretty hard and accidently hit me in the...
My newborn (4 days old) has a pimply rash all over her body, even her head- what could this be
Hello Doctor, I am a female 32 years old. I want to know does EXCESSIVE intake of PRIMOLUT N tablet over a period of time causes change in structure and relationship of any of facial or cranial(head) bones. I have read that the side effects of...
12 days ago my 12 month old fell from her high chair and landed head first on a wodden floor, it happened so fast i had not yet strapped her in, she just launched to one side i tried to catch her but missed. She cried straight away and then was...
2 head injuries growing up, one at 10 and one at 16 and then heavy drug usage from 19-25, I have panic attacks and anxiety, not depressed, keep getting misdiagnosed and weird too if I have really hard when standing, my legs give out, if I am...
Hi, this morning, I leaned over in my closet to grab my shoes to put on for the day. When I stood back up, I hit my head on the corner of the dresser. I hit it nearer to the back/side, just above the tender spot where...
I sustained a concussion from getting hit in the head with a baseball in May 2012. I had slurred speech, trouble concentrating and focusing. My husband says I have a very short temper, which is totally out of...
Recently 2 dents have appeared, one on each side of the center of the top of my skull. They are both the width of a finger and about a finger's length also. I am 59. What is even stranger is that my roomate of 16...
My dad fell off a motorbike and got head injury but was conscious. He went to the hospital right away. There is a bruise on the left side of the head, above the ears. He went for brain x-ray and the doctor said the...
Dear doctor, my two year old son bumped his head on Monday night. He was jumping in bed and fell back, bumped the back of his head on the bedhead rail which is made of metal. He did not lose his consciousness, but was...
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Online Doctor Chat (36) - Head injury

Doctor : Hi I am Dr AAAAAAA User : Hi doctor User : My son (10 months old) fell in cot and banged his head against the head board of his oct User : the head board is made of solid wood Doctor : when did this happen? User : and the head bang...
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Doctor : hello User : Hi doctor User : I have some questions regarding baby head injury Doctor : sure please go ahead User : My baby didn't fall User : but I accidently gave him a big jolt Doctor : ok User : I am worrying could that shaked...
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Doctor : Hi Doctor : How can i help you User : I have a question Doctor : Proceed with your queries User : my 3 month old,last month was hospitalized for a head injury but the father and me did not know about it until the 4th time we took...
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Doctor : hi Doctor : how can i help you User : hi User : hi Doctor : please go ahead with ur medical query User : I've a prblm of excessive sleeping and ache on left side of head Doctor : since how long Doctor : how many weeks or...
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User : I am looking for advise on what to do with a potential head injury Doctor : hi Doctor : how did the injury happened Doctor : fall or accident User : car accident User : yesterday Doctor : what was the injuries User : no head trauma...
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sir because of head injuries my brother is forgot all his past memory , he got an accident before 3 month ago and his hemoglobin test report is 8 gm and blood group is A+. he is doing his all deliy routine works himself but he is not able to remember his past for eg, family member,his work,etc etc so plz suggest me what can i do for his problem...
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Hi. Im 19 years old and when i was 14 i had my cycle once. It stopped after the one time... then when i was 17 i went to a gyne cause i never got it again. They did bloodtests and a sonar( wich showed everyting is fine), my bloodtests however showed that my hormones was imbalanced! he gave me pills that i used to get my cycle but stopped with it...
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Hi Samuel, i am gireesh kumar, i am here to let you know on my uncle s concern here who had undergone a neuro surgery where the skull appears to have been placed in the stomach for giving it the required inputs. He looks to be in coma and doesn t recognise nor talk anything. Could you please help me or suggest what the best thing i could do.
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i got accident sixteen years ago i was eleven years old and i got a head injury , my fore head skull bend, five years after the accident, five years after the accident i started having a trembling disease and my body respond to every voice i hear what could this be any treatment please help
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I had 3 feet of books fall on my head 10 days ago(i work in a bookstore). I went to a doctor, he said it was a between a minor head injury , but not quite grade 1 concussion . My head still has a small lump, is sore to tje touch, and if i stand up too fast i get dizzy. My co-workers kept asking me today if i was ok, they said i wasn t acting...
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I was shot in the back of my head in May this year, I suffered a fractured skull , but luckily didnt need any surgery . I was in hospital for a few days and did experience balance problems, shaking and blurry vision a few weeks after release from hospital. I have had a CT scan with contrast just last week to check for any neurological issues -...
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My friend hit his head about a week ago, he went to the hospital and there is not head trauma . Now, about a week later, he has a big, squishy bump on his eyebrow, almost like there is fluid in it. What s the quickest, best way to take care of this?
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i walked into our wooden stairs last night just before 8pm UK time. it hurt, i cried, rubbed it. made sure i stayed awake, didnt feel dizzy or anything or sick. had my dinner, went to sleep even though i was a bit scared to. woke up this morning, head hurts, its sore where i hit it naturally and i feel okay if a little out of sorts. still no...
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my sister fell down from stairs and she was fine. after some two hours she started vomiting and was bit little drowsy, we went to our physician and he advised CAT scan of brain . it said EDH and my sister became more and more drowsy. we were asked to go to neuro center where they said its life threatening and needs an emergency surgery. they did...
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I hit the back of my head on a cement stairwell a month ago.I saw my Doctor and she said I ahd a concussion ..Now Im still having headaches and the back of my neck hurts.Im dizzy and bright lights hurt my eyes.I can read for long periods of time and the computer really bothers my eyes..Im also very moody...Help..Linda Lauzon
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