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Does Headache From An Injury Need Medical Attention?

Hit my forehead really hard against my marble kitchen table yesterday. I have slight Bruising but I have had a headache since yestarday off and on . Should I be concerned? Do I need an x-ray to rule out any serious injury or should I just online to take aleve
Mon, 16 Nov 2015
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Hi there and welcome,

Well its really unfortunate to get hit in head like that.

From your description, looks like you've had a mild traumatic head injury and in due course you might experience some headache and dizziness, soreness over the injured area .

Don't worry, all you need to do now is to take rest. Avoid indulging into any kind of strenuous activity (jogging/ jym /driving/ handling heavy machineries etc.)

You don't need any investigations now, just apply some Ice-pack / bag of frozen peas over the bruise and keep yourself under strict observation for the next 24Hrs. If you feel like getting too many dizzy-spells/fits/loss of consciousness/sudden severe vomiting etc. then you need to check into your nearest ER and get a CT-Head (and not X-Ray) done at the earliest.

Otherwise just stay at home and do as I've already advised and you'll be fine in 2-3 days(though the bruise'll take time to heal(7-10 days depending on the impact of the force)

Thanks al lot for contacting HCM and let me know how you stay in your next follow-up




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Does Headache From An Injury Need Medical Attention?

Hi there and welcome, Well its really unfortunate to get hit in head like that. From your description, looks like you ve had a mild traumatic head injury and in due course you might experience some headache and dizziness, soreness over the injured area . Don t worry, all you need to do now is to take rest. Avoid indulging into any kind of strenuous activity (jogging/ jym /driving/ handling heavy machineries etc.) You don t need any investigations now, just apply some Ice-pack / bag of frozen peas over the bruise and keep yourself under strict observation for the next 24Hrs. If you feel like getting too many dizzy-spells/fits/loss of consciousness/sudden severe vomiting etc. then you need to check into your nearest ER and get a CT-Head (and not X-Ray) done at the earliest. Otherwise just stay at home and do as I ve already advised and you ll be fine in 2-3 days(though the bruise ll take time to heal(7-10 days depending on the impact of the force) Thanks al lot for contacting HCM and let me know how you stay in your next follow-up