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Should I Be Concerned About Persistent Pain At The Top Of The Head, Neck, Red Under The Eyes After Hitting The Head With Stone?

vI was n mexico last week and went caving hit the top right side of top of my head. Right away a large bump so saw a on site dr who gave me ibupro and Tylenol. That was thurs last week. By sun morn the pain still large- I woke with black and blue on my right top pt of eye. by mon early it was turning red as well under my eye. It grew a little from there. Still hurting, pain persist top of head and back of the head near neck. Should I worry? fyi looks like tiny dent near mid of hit
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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It seems from the history that you had a injury to the head following which you are having swelling at the site of injury and rrdnedd of the skin below the eyes. The swelling at the site is because of collection of blood called as hematoma. The redness of skin below the eyes is because of collection of blood in the layers of skin which is because of blood getting collected in the layers of skin and the source is from the hematoma of the head.

The treatment for eye condition is by cold compress. However swelling over the head requires further evaluation to rule out fracture of the underlying bone.


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Should I Be Concerned About Persistent Pain At The Top Of The Head, Neck, Red Under The Eyes After Hitting The Head With Stone?

Hello It seems from the history that you had a injury to the head following which you are having swelling at the site of injury and rrdnedd of the skin below the eyes. The swelling at the site is because of collection of blood called as hematoma. The redness of skin below the eyes is because of collection of blood in the layers of skin which is because of blood getting collected in the layers of skin and the source is from the hematoma of the head. The treatment for eye condition is by cold compress. However swelling over the head requires further evaluation to rule out fracture of the underlying bone. Thank you