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Should I Seek Immediate Medical Care For My Mildly Hurting Soft Bump Caused By An Injury?

I bent down picking up my sons clothes from the floor, as I was coming back up I hit my top head on the corner of my marble sink very hard. The spot is hurting midly and seems a bit softer than how it felt before. Should I seek immediate medical care?
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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If you develop symptoms of significant dizziness, nausea, vomiting, or start to feel unusually tired or sleepy then, you should seek immediate medical assistance. From what you are describing you suffered a nice thump to the head but nothing else. Your symptoms are not consistent with any form of traumatic brain injury. Call your doctor and set up an appointment. You seem to have developed a small bruise on the scalp or contusion. Consider placing an ice pack on the head for the next 48 hrs. and you'll feel good as new. Don't come up so quickly in the future when you bend down.
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Should I Seek Immediate Medical Care For My Mildly Hurting Soft Bump Caused By An Injury?

If you develop symptoms of significant dizziness, nausea, vomiting, or start to feel unusually tired or sleepy then, you should seek immediate medical assistance. From what you are describing you suffered a nice thump to the head but nothing else. Your symptoms are not consistent with any form of traumatic brain injury. Call your doctor and set up an appointment. You seem to have developed a small bruise on the scalp or contusion. Consider placing an ice pack on the head for the next 48 hrs. and you ll feel good as new. Don t come up so quickly in the future when you bend down.