What are the symptoms of brain injury in children?

summary

Head injuries are common in children. As a parent, the biggest worry is "brain injury". Moderate to severe craniocerebral injury have different degrees of mental changes, such as drowsiness, coma, fracture, bleeding, paralysis, etc., it is easy to judge. Mild injury symptoms are often not typical, difficult to judge, parents do not know what circumstances need to be sent to the hospital, also do not know what kind of changes will happen next, children fall brain injury symptoms? Let's talk about it.

What are the symptoms of brain injury in children?

1. There is a large scalp laceration, bleeding more than 10 minutes, need to go to the hospital to check the wound, the scalp tension is large, the scalp laceration > 1cm is not easy to match naturally, often need debridement and suture the wound.

2. In case of continuous crying (> 30 minutes) after falling, infants need to go to the hospital for examination, except for intracranial hemorrhage and fracture. Children who stop crying soon after falling and play as usual usually do not have brain injury, but they also need to be carefully observed for at least 24 hours.

3. If there are more than 2 times of repeated vomiting after the fall, they need to be sent to the hospital for observation, except for concussion and intracranial hemorrhage.

matters needing attention

1. Dry towel or handkerchief should be wrapped on the outside of the ice bag, not directly pasted on the skin to avoid frostbite. 2. Cold compress is usually carried out within 48 hours after injury, and the earlier it starts, the better the effect is. There is usually no obvious effect after 48 hours. 3. Each cold compress for about 15 minutes, depending on the child's acceptance, can be repeated, no special number of restrictions.