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Should I Worry About The Tenderness And Pain On The Head After Hitting?

Hello,I have a deep freezer and while I was getting something out this afternoon,the freezer door fell and hit me hard on one side of my head.i was so sure it would bleed but my husband checked and it wasnt.i didn t lose consciousness or feel dizzy,just pain.its about 6 hours later now,had a slight headache earlier that has now disappeared.all I feel is tenderness and a little pain when I touch the area but no swelling.should I be worried and do I need to see a doctor..
Wed, 17 Aug 2016
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Hi there,
I am Dr. Deepak, I work in Emergency Department, where I see many patient with head injury. As you have mentioned you had sustained head injury in the afternoon, as the freezer door fell on your head. You didn't loose consciousness and didn't feel dizzy. now you are having bit of tenderness and little pain associated with it.
I feel you are pretty much okay, its being more than 6hrs since the injury, You didn't have any symptoms related to it.
You can apply ice packs at the injury and keep a watch on few thing like.
1. if you have vomiting with next 24 hrs.
2. If you feeling dizzy or have a headache not coming down.
3. If you have a seizure episode/Loss of consciousness, given that you not being treated for epilepsy.
then you should show a doctor.
I personally feel you will not have any of those problem, even though you got injured badly, it was a minor injury because your skull is very strong and you will not have much problem with that. You can carry on doing days work.
Thank you
Hope your concern was dealt with and hope you have a speedy recovery.
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Should I Worry About The Tenderness And Pain On The Head After Hitting?

Hi there, I am Dr. Deepak, I work in Emergency Department, where I see many patient with head injury. As you have mentioned you had sustained head injury in the afternoon, as the freezer door fell on your head. You didn t loose consciousness and didn t feel dizzy. now you are having bit of tenderness and little pain associated with it. I feel you are pretty much okay, its being more than 6hrs since the injury, You didn t have any symptoms related to it. You can apply ice packs at the injury and keep a watch on few thing like. 1. if you have vomiting with next 24 hrs. 2. If you feeling dizzy or have a headache not coming down. 3. If you have a seizure episode/Loss of consciousness, given that you not being treated for epilepsy. then you should show a doctor. I personally feel you will not have any of those problem, even though you got injured badly, it was a minor injury because your skull is very strong and you will not have much problem with that. You can carry on doing days work. Thank you Hope your concern was dealt with and hope you have a speedy recovery.