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In the wake of Bob Saget's tragic death from an accidental head trauma, a doctor shares what you need to know about head injuries.
“Tipping the head back when you have a nosebleed makes more blood go down into the tthroat,which is then usually swallowed. Swallowing blood can irritate the stomach and lead to nausea and ...
A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning. [8] Symptoms may include headache, dizziness, difficulty with thinking and concentration, sleep disturbances, mood changes, a brief period of memory loss, brief loss of consciousness; problems with balance; nausea; blurred vision; and mood changes.
Brain injury can occur at the site of impact, but can also be at the opposite side of the skull due to a contrecoup effect (the impact to the head can cause the brain to move within the skull, causing the brain to impact the interior of the skull opposite the head-impact). While impact on the brain at the same site of injury to the skull is the ...
Falling is a normal experience for young children, but falling from a significant height or onto a hard surface can be dangerous. Complications: Head injury, concussion, bone fracture, [1] abrasion, bruise: Risk factors: Convulsion, vision impairment, difficulty walking, home hazards [1] Frequency: 226 million (2015) [2] Deaths: 527,000 (2015) [3]
A penetrating head injury, or open head injury, is a head injury in which the dura mater, the outer layer of the meninges, is breached. [1] Penetrating injury can be caused by high-velocity projectiles or objects of lower velocity such as knives, or bone fragments from a skull fracture that are driven into the brain.
An 11-year-old boy in Georgia is being hailed as a hero for steering a car to safety after its driver, the boy's grandfather, experienced a medical emergency.