I banged my head on the wall last thursday night and I got a headache. Now it's monday It still not dissappear. I hit my head but it was late at night anyway so I was tired anyway. Hi Did you temporarily lose memory? Please tell me details about it my 16 year old son had car accident hit to a tree. Hi I just recently yesterday had received a concussion.
I'm confused, seemingly dazed, and am having memory problems. My doctor says this is normal, and that with plenty of rest, and eating well my body will recover and I should get at least get all of my memories before the incident back. I apologize for any typos I'm still a little out of it. My daughter had a few concussions during sports when she was younger, when she was in college out of the clear blue she had a grand mal seizure.
Her brain scans however were always normal. I just got knocked down by my dog and knocked my head really hard. And messed my back and knee up. Starting to get tired but it is also my normal time to go to bed. Should I stay awake. One of my friends kicked a soccer ball into my face, on accident, straight into the eye from about feet away really hard and my vision went completely black for a few seconds.
I am 13 years old and this boy accidentally threw the ball at my head and now I'm scared to go to sleep because I don't know if it is serious and my mom tells me to not annoy her and I got really sleepy when I came back home. You're awesome for paying attention. Continue being a great older brother or sister. Hope all is well. In I hit my head on the top Of my car door. I looked in the mirror and noticed a large bump. I left it alone thinking it would go away on its own.
I put ice and did all that. Then a few months passed and I started getting headaches. Went to the dr and told him everything that has happened to me. He said nothing was on there that worried him so he just told me to take mg ibuprofen.
I was getting headaches everyday so I start taking ibuprofen everyday. He then referred me to a brain and spine specialist. After surgery they sent the tumor to pathology and they said it looked to have been formed because of a blunt trauma to the head. Which is exactly what caused it and what I told the dr was the only reason I thought that bump appeared. I fell hard last night. Did not hit head as hard as hip and shoulder. Hard to stay awake.
What if the person worked long hours the day they bumped their head? Didn't sleep enough the night before This is currently my situation. Been fighting to stay asleep after hitting my head after being at work from I want to know if a child hit there head and fell asleep half hour after?
What does that mean and what do I do.? Can someone help me. It is a jarring trauma to the brain that can cause a person to lose consciousness or have amnesia. What do you do if you are around someone who experiences a serious head injury or concussion? You may have heard that you should not let the person go to sleep, but is this true? It is generally considered safe for people with head injuries or concussions to go to sleep.
In some cases, a doctor may recommend waking the person regularly to make sure his or her condition has not worsened. Many people will go to great lengths to keep a person who has had a head injury from falling asleep. They argue that keeping the person awake will decrease the risk that he or she slips into a coma.
This misunderstanding probably stems from hearing about a rare occurrence known as a lucid interval that has been associated with certain types of severe head injuries. A lucid interval occurs when the initial bleeding in the brain does not cause loss of consciousness.
The bleeding eventually worsens and brain structures become compressed. Most medical professionals say it is fine—sometimes even advised—to let people sleep after incurring a head injury. The American Academy of Family Physicians states it is not necessary to keep a person awake after a head injury.
If a person needs to be watched that closely, a doctor will most likely admit him or her to the hospital. The Dartmouth College of Sports Medicine advises that it is fine to go to sleep after a concussion so long as someone wakes you up every two hours.
In a study in the September-October issue of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation , researchers reported greater levels of fatigue in people who have had head injuries, compared with those who have not. The researchers concluded that regular rest breaks and increasing intervals of restful sleep should be a part of the rehabilitation from head injury.
If you are around someone who has a head injury or possible concussion, monitor the symptoms closely. It is important to call a doctor or go to a hospital immediately if the person has worrisome symptoms such as:. When a head injury is serious enough to require medical care, a doctor will give you instructions on how to monitor and treat the injury once the person is released from the hospital or clinic.
These instructions will generally not include keeping the person awake and alert. Head injuries. Accessed November 5, Head injuries: what to watch for afterward. November 5, Head injury: concussion. Dartmouth College of Sports Medicine website.
There can be serious consequences and part of the difficulty is diagnosing the severity of an injury. Rugby is one sport that has had issues with head injuries - and bought in extra safety checks Credit: Getty Images.
In the US alone there are an estimated 1. At the moment doctors have to rely on looking for symptoms such as vomiting, confusion, a loss of balance, blurred vision or headaches, tingling in the arms or the legs to establish how serious an injury might be. There are high hopes for a simple blood test which might be able to detect concussion in the future by measuring certain substances in the bloodstream.
A test will take a few more years to develop and in the meantime doctors have to rely on the observation of symptoms. But even when someone does have a bleed on the brain, this lucid interval only occurs in a minority of cases.
Children should be checked every few hours for the first night after a head injury Credit: Getty Images. However, the possibility of a bleed on the brain is the reason that it is important to look out the symptoms I mentioned before if you are with someone who has banged their head.
But if someone is not confused or vomiting, or has double vision or trouble walking or a severe head or neck ache, these recommendations do not include the advice to keep them awake. So athletes have to stop training for a time, but should also stop taxing their brains.
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