Is skull fracture serious

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When it comes to skull fracture, we all think it is a very serious disease. After all, many nerves in the brain are indispensable for regulating our normal life activities. Skull fracture also can have a lot of classification, let's talk about a serious skull fracture.

Is skull fracture serious

First, skull fracture is a disease in which one or more pieces of the head bone are partially or completely broken, which is mostly caused by blunt impact. Most of the changes of skull structure do not need special treatment, but if there is tissue structure damage in the skull near the stress point, such as vascular rupture, brain or cranial nerve injury, meningeal tear and so on, it needs to be treated in time, otherwise it can cause serious complications such as intracranial hematoma, neurological function damage, intracranial infection and cerebrospinal fluid leakage.

Second, there are three main forms of skull cap fracture, namely linear fracture, comminuted fracture and depressed fracture. The shape, location and trend of fracture are closely related to the direction, speed and focus of violence. The fracture line of linear fracture often passes through superior sagittal sinus, transverse sinus and meningeal vascular sulcus, which can lead to intracranial hemorrhage. Concavity fracture is usually caused by blunt impact with small contact surface or head collision on protruding objects. The skull near the point of force is mostly trapped into the brain, and there may be symptoms and signs of brain compression.

Third: middle cranial fossa fractures can sometimes cause a large number of severe epistaxis, which can be caused by shock or asphyxia to death and need emergency treatment. Endotracheal intubation should be carried out immediately to remove the blood in the airway to ensure breathing, and then the nasal cavity should be filled, sometimes the posterior nostril should be blocked through the pharynx; the blood loss should be quickly replenished; the common carotid artery should be compressed in the neck of the affected side, and surgical ligation should be performed when necessary to save lives.

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Because of the different types and shapes of skull fractures, the severity of each fracture is different. No matter what kind of skull fracture, we should actively cooperate in the treatment, only in this way can cause less complications. Patients also have a greater chance of recovery.