Suggest Treatment For Bleeding From Head After An Injury

Posted on Thu, 4 Sep 2014

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Thu, 4 Sep 2014 Answered on

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Question : My friend fell down the stairs last Thursday and hit her head. It appears to be still bleeding.
What to do?

Answered by Dr. Surendiran Gaj (-5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Blood coagulation profile .

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM,
It is abnormal to have bleeding after a week ,
Compress the area with clean cloth or plaster to prevent excessive blood loss and visit a nereby physician .
It is also advised to do blood coagulation profile inorder to detect any abnormality .
Follow up with results ,
Take care .

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Surendiran Gaj (21 minutes later)

Thanks for your reply. I will relay this to her husband anklet you know what happens next.

Answered by Dr. Surendiran Gaj (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
As follows,

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome back ,
As i said already, Blood coagulation profile is a valuable investigation in recurrent bleeding episodes .So try to do one and follow up.
Hope helped you,
Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj