Head injury

Head injury: Introduction

Head injury: An injury to the head. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Head injury is available below.

Symptoms of Head injury

• Head wound
• Local bleeding
• Local swelling
• Intracranial bleeding
• Brain injury symptoms
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 37 symptoms of Head injury

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Head injury: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Head injury:

• Skull fracture
• Concussion
• Brain swelling
• Intracranial bleeding (see Brain symptoms)
• Raised intracranial pressure
• Brain injury
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Head injury

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Head injury?

• Misdiagnosis of Head injury
• Failure to diagnose Head injury
• Hidden causes of Head injury (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Head injury

Head injury: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Head injury: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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• Arthritis & Pain
• Injury & Recovery
• Sleeping & Insomnia
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• Brain
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Head injury: Undiagnosed Conditions

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  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Head injury

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Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as...read more »

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Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild ...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers...read more »

Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see ...read more »

Dementia to be spotted early on: Dementia is an important diagnosis to consider in the elderly. A vigorous search for a possible cause of dementia is warranted since there are...read more »

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Head injury: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (Nerve/Muscle/Bone Specialists)
  • Neuroradiology
  • Vascular Neurology
  • Neuropathology
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• Stroke & Vascular Specialists:
  • Vascular Neurology (Brain Blood Vessels)
  • Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Vascular Surgery (Blood Vessel Surgeon)
  • Neuropathology (Brain Diagnostics)
• more specialists...»

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Head injury: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
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  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Head injury

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More information about causes of Head injury:

• Head injury as a complication caused by other conditions
• Head injury as a symptom

Treatments for Head injury

• Hospitalization for observation
• Treatments for concussion
• Surgery
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Head injury

Latest Treatments for Head injury

• Etomidate
• Fentanyl
• Succinylcholine
• Rocuronium
• Morphine
• more treatments...»

See full list of 10 latest treatments for Head injury

News Archives for Head injury

Medical news articles related to Head injury include:

• Head Injury While Young Ups Epilepsy Risk
• Head Injury in Young Kids May Predict ADHD Diagnosis
• Natasha Richardson Died From Head Trauma: Autopsy
• Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Head Trauma Victims
• Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Head injury

Medical research articles related to Head injury include:

• Hypothermia Therapy after Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
• Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients.
• Helmets for preventing injury in motorcycle riders
• Is there any evidence supporting the wearing of head guards whilst playing rugby? Is there any evidence supporting the claim that head guards reduce head injury or concussion?
• Head and neck injury risks in heavy metal: head bangers stuck between rock and a hard bass.
• Can you tell me how long a patient should refrain from contact and non contact sports following a head injury, both minor and with a history of loss of consciousness?
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Videos for Head injury

Patient Surveys for Head injury

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Reseach about Head injury

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Prevention of Head injury

Prevention information for Head injury has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Head injury.

• Avoid accidents
• Protective helmets
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Head injury

• Medical statistics for Head injury
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Head injury
• Death and Mortality statistics for Head injury
• Society statistics for Head injury

Head injury: Broader Related Topics

• Brain conditions
• Head Conditions
• more types...»

Types of Head injury

Stories from Users Related to Head injury

• Vibrating feeling in head
• my head has gotten smaller
• I am tired of being told its all in my head... 12 yrs...no diag yet
• Head drop, sudden severe musle weakness
• All in my Head
• Head popping
• vibration in head
• Head rushes and euphoria
• It Is All In My Head - Except the Answer.
• Tired of being told it's all in my head.
• Many symptoms Dr.'s clueless - It's not all in my head!!!!
• something is wrong in my head and i dont know what?
• Vicodin causing humming in head??
• Never should have survived this head injury.
• Head/Neck/Spinal injury prior to onset of symptoms
• Groin injury
• head injury, hands swollen/numb, died 2 wks. later.
• strange enity in head, nothing helps!
• is it all in my head
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Definitions of Head injury:

Traumatic injuries involving the cranium and intracranial structures (i.e., BRAIN; CRANIAL NERVES; MENINGES; and other structures). Injuries may be classified by whether or not the skull is penetrated (i.e., penetrating vs. nonpenetrating) or whether there is an associated hemorrhage. - (Source - Diseases Database)