What are the symptoms of head bump?

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It's a common problem that a child bumps into the head in life, but parents can't ignore this situation, because if the problem of a child bumping into the head is serious, even bleeding and unconsciousness, then we must take the child to the hospital in time for more comprehensive examination and treatment, resulting in mental depression, Or dizziness, may be alert to concussion. So what are the symptoms of head bump?

What are the symptoms of head bump?

Symptom 1; Scalp hematoma. It's usually a head injury or blunt impact. According to the level of bleeding can be subdivided into: subcutaneous hematoma. Generally, the volume is small, the location of hematoma is fixed, and the surrounding tissue swells. Subcapillary hematoma. It is usually caused by rupture of a small artery or blood vessel. Because of the loose tissue under the cap aponeurosis, the blood can fill the whole cap aponeurosis and make the top of the head increase significantly. The blood content can reach hundreds of ml. Subperiosteal hematoma. It is often seen after skull damage, such as birth injury. Its characteristic is that the hematoma is limited by periosteum, generally does not exceed the cranial suture, and is limited in a certain skull range.

Symptom 2; Skull fracture of the injured, not necessarily have serious brain injury, symptoms can be very light, easy to be ignored. Skull fracture can be divided into skull cap fracture and skull base fracture. The incidence of skull cap fracture is the highest, often linear fracture, there may also be concave fracture.

Symptom 3; Brain tissue is as fragile as tofu, so it needs a hard skull to protect it. However, in the event of a violent impact, even if the skull is not damaged, brain tissue may be damaged by concussion. Like tofu in a lunch box, it may break. Relatively mild, concussion, only for a short period of unconsciousness or coma, but soon can improve, after waking up may appear headache, nausea, vomiting, but can recover. There may be retrograde amnesia. More serious, diffuse axonal injury, brain contusion, primary brain stem injury, hypothalamus injury, etc. These injuries are often accompanied by obvious coma, headache, vomiting, hemiplegia, aphasia, changes in pupil, muscle strength, muscle tension and other symptoms.

matters needing attention

After the baby hit the head, parents can let the baby quiet down first, observe whether it has vomiting, see if it has raised the neck, pale face, hiccups, if the baby has serious vomiting, there may be intracranial hematoma, be sure to take the baby to see a doctor immediately. If the baby hit the head, spasm or coma, immediately call 120, do not move the baby, let the baby lie flat, head side to side, to avoid vomit inhaled into the trachea, you can pinch the person or tiger mouth, to promote its recovery.