Can Someone Hitting You In The Back Of The Head

Posted on Mon, 8 Oct 2018

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Question : Can someone hitting you in the back of the head with their hand (light to medium force ) cause any flattening of the back of your head?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
No..

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

It is not likely that the skull bone will be altered by a hit to the head using hand. There is no means to cause any forceful damage to the skull let alone flattening it. So no need to worry.

Let me know if you have anything else specific.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Prasad J (45 hours later)

So the situation described above could not cause any flattening of the back of the head or back of skull or the area of the back of head or skull that was hit?

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Prasad J (5 minutes later)

hit with light to medium force

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Not likely...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

No, that wouldn't cause defects or flattening of the skull.

Let me know if you have any other concerns.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Prasad J (2 days later)

Can the situation described above cause any moving of back of skull or head or any part of back of skull or head inward (into head) or any change in position (inward or any other direction) of back of skull or head (or any part of back of skull or head)?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (2 days later)

Brief Answer:
No..

Detailed Answer:
Apologies for the late reply.

No, you can't cause any such mentioned events by just hitting some one using a hand. Hitting with a hand more often than not causes benign harmless injury.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy