Head injury

Introduction: Head injury

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

See full list of 37 symptoms of Head injury

Medical Textbooks Online about Head injury

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Head injury?

• Misdiagnosis of Head injury
• Failure to diagnose Head injury
• Underlying causes of Head injury (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Head injury

Misdiagnosis and Head injury

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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

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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

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Statistics for Head injury

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• Death and Mortality statistics for Head injury
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Stories from Users Related to Head injury

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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)