Head Injury
Injury to the head may damage the scalp, skull
or brain. The most important consequence of head
trauma is traumatic brain injury. Head injury
may occur either as a closed head injury, such
as the head hitting a car's windshield, or as
a penetrating head injury, as when a bullet pierces
the skull. Both may cause damage that ranges
from mild to profound. Very severe injury can
be fatal because of profound brain damage.
External trauma to the head is capable of damaging
the brain, even if there is no external evidence
of damage. More serious injuries can cause skull
fracture, blood clots between the skull and the
brain, or bruising and tearing of the brain tissue
itself.
Injuries to the head can be caused by traffic
accidents, sports injuries, falls, workplace
accidents, assaults, or bullets. Most people
have had some type of head injury at least once
in their lives, but rarely do they require a
hospital visit.
However, each year about two million people
suffer from a more serious head injury, and up
to 750,000 of them are severe enough to require
hospitalization. Brain injury is most likely
to occur in males between ages 15 and 24, usually
as a result of car and motorcycle accidents.
About 70% of all accidental deaths are due to
head injuries, as are most of the disabilities
that occur after trauma.
A person who has had a head injury and who is
experiencing the following symptoms should seek
medical care immediately:
- Serious bleeding from the head or face
- Loss of consciousness, however brief
- Confusion and lethargy
- Lack of pulse or breathing
- Clear fluid drainage from the nose or ear
More
about head injury information can be found
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Plus
Alternative names, definitions, how to recognize serious head injury, causes
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Head
Injury Hotline
This site was designed for those who want to learn about the effects of brain
injury in daily life. It is based on the premise that physically surviving
brain injury is just the first step in a lifelong process of adjustment and
accommodation.
Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI)
Fact sheets, description and selected resources from the Center for Disease
Control (CDC)
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