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What Causes Dent In Skull With Pain After Injury?
Question: Hi got hit in the top of my head with a baseball started to bleed with very little open skin that has scabed up and healed now but it feels like you dent like a crack in my skull that hurts and it feels soft like a long cracked inward dent I don't think I have any signs of concussion is this dangerous do I have a cracked skull it was just indentation in the tissue in my head what is it Will it heal is it necessary for me to go to the hospital I really don't want to I feel fine just worried because it seems like there is a crack in my skull when touch it
Brief Answer:
As follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
You apparently don't have any of the red flags associated with your head injury like loss of consciousness,clouding of consciousness or any other neurological deficit.It indicates that your injury has not caused any brain damage.Skull fracture would have caused a lot of tenderness and pain.
However,you are very anxious and it is important to settle your anxiety.So,I suggest you to get it examined by a general surgeon.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
As follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
You apparently don't have any of the red flags associated with your head injury like loss of consciousness,clouding of consciousness or any other neurological deficit.It indicates that your injury has not caused any brain damage.Skull fracture would have caused a lot of tenderness and pain.
However,you are very anxious and it is important to settle your anxiety.So,I suggest you to get it examined by a general surgeon.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Why does it feel like there is a a crack going inward in my skull when I touch it and soft
Brief Answer:
It needs to be examined.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
There can't be a precise reason for it.One can comment only after physically examining it.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
It needs to be examined.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
There can't be a precise reason for it.One can comment only after physically examining it.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
My question is what is the possibilities that it can be without any symptoms of a concussion i'm not asking you to diagnose it and just ask what are the possibilities of what the dent/crack in skull are with no symptoms of concusion
Brief Answer:
Its possible.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
Ok..I got your question.
It is not necessary that a skull fracture always presents with the symptoms of concussion.Sometimes,skull fracture will only present with pain and tenderness at the fracture site.Sometimes with a bluish discoloration around the fracture site.
Sometimes,subtle fractures may be detected only on X-Ray(sometimes on CT scan) of skull.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Its possible.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
Ok..I got your question.
It is not necessary that a skull fracture always presents with the symptoms of concussion.Sometimes,skull fracture will only present with pain and tenderness at the fracture site.Sometimes with a bluish discoloration around the fracture site.
Sometimes,subtle fractures may be detected only on X-Ray(sometimes on CT scan) of skull.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
If this skull is fractured what are the dangers and what else could possibly be besides a skull fracture
Brief Answer:
As follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
Some of the common complications/dangers of skull fracture are-
1)Epidural hemorrhage causing brain damage due to pressure effects-it may cause clouding of consciousness and focal neurological deficits.
2)Sinus venous thrombosis-clotting in some of the major brain vessels
3)Periorbital blood collection-Raccoon eyes
4)Brain and meningeal infection-like meningitis
5)CSF rhinorrhea
6)Blood in the sinuses
7)Paranasal sinuses and ear damage
It may just be soft tissue injury,overlying the skull.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
As follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
Some of the common complications/dangers of skull fracture are-
1)Epidural hemorrhage causing brain damage due to pressure effects-it may cause clouding of consciousness and focal neurological deficits.
2)Sinus venous thrombosis-clotting in some of the major brain vessels
3)Periorbital blood collection-Raccoon eyes
4)Brain and meningeal infection-like meningitis
5)CSF rhinorrhea
6)Blood in the sinuses
7)Paranasal sinuses and ear damage
It may just be soft tissue injury,overlying the skull.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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