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Suggest Treatment For Head Tenderness And Pain After Fall From Cycle
Hello,
I fell when cycling about 10 days ago, I am wearing full protection, but the fall went bad. I thought I was unconscious, but everybody on the scene said I was on my feet, and talking rather senselessly for about 10 minutes. I got back to my senses after that, but I do not remember the 10 minutes period.
I fell on my left side of my body, my left cheek, shoulder, ribs, waist and thigh were bruised, but now they bruise and pain is almost gone, I felt like 80% recovered, the only consistent injury I think not improving is my head tenderness. It hurt when I moved my head suddenly or driving car on bumpy roads. it's painfull even by nodding quickly or shaking hard. What could this be? I do not have any nausea or memory lost (other than the 10 min after crash), and I have no movement disorder in any way.
Please advise, thank you very much in advance.
Jim
I fell when cycling about 10 days ago, I am wearing full protection, but the fall went bad. I thought I was unconscious, but everybody on the scene said I was on my feet, and talking rather senselessly for about 10 minutes. I got back to my senses after that, but I do not remember the 10 minutes period.
I fell on my left side of my body, my left cheek, shoulder, ribs, waist and thigh were bruised, but now they bruise and pain is almost gone, I felt like 80% recovered, the only consistent injury I think not improving is my head tenderness. It hurt when I moved my head suddenly or driving car on bumpy roads. it's painfull even by nodding quickly or shaking hard. What could this be? I do not have any nausea or memory lost (other than the 10 min after crash), and I have no movement disorder in any way.
Please advise, thank you very much in advance.
Jim
posted on
Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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dear jim, you have cerebral concussion when you fall from bicycle.no nausea and no memory loss means you are mentally alright.head tenderness and pain disappear by taking analgesic like paracetamol 650 mg thrice daily for 5 days.
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