I fell in the shower yesterday and hit my head right in the front, should I go to the doctor?
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If you made it through the night and didnt slip into a coma you are probably over the worst of it. If the pain continues beyond a few days, or worsens go to the ER directly.
Its unlikely but you may have fractured your skull, although i imagine that if you did the pain would send you without question to the hospital. However, a small hairline fracture could get worse from swelling, causing more swelling and pain.
Its probable that you suffered a minor consusion, the pain is cause by the tissue that surounds your brain being swollen and irritated from your brain jiggling around.
more likely than nothing its just a bump on the head that will clear itself up just fine. Your vision shold remain the same, the pain should disapate over the next day or so, and your pupils should be the same size and contract with exposed to light at the same rate.
Youre on the right track with the motrin, avoid asprin and tylenol. asprin causes bleeding and keeps you from clotting, and tylenol wont reduce swelling.
I would make an appointment with a doctor, i doubt you have cause you rush to the ER as you are right now, but having the doc check your eyes and responces couldnt hurt.
The bump on your forehead is normal, its just a "goose egg" it'll turn purple and yellow and all sorts of icky colors, it'll probably be tender for a while.
usually the first night after a sever bump to the head is the scariest, but youre past that already. just monitor your pain, and have a doc look at you if youre worried.
:) get some rubber stickies for your shower!
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no, go to the doctor. better to be safe than sorry.
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go to the doctor just to be on the safe side ,you can never be to careful when you bang your head
are you dizzy?? seeing doubles?? if so then yes!! go to the ER!!
Take your cat to a veterinary
call your doctor and tell him/her about it. they can tell you what to do. Hope you start feeling better
You should go just to make sure there is nothing wrong.
No ones gunna laugh at you if you go to the ER. I think you should, bumps and falls can be bad. Plus if you go anyways they might prescribe you something stronger to help with the pain.
A friend once told me that foreheads were meant to be smacked but if you hit your head hard enough that it still hurts 24 hours later, you should probably get it checked out.
if you have a personal doctor, make an appointment quickly. if not, if your head hurts to the point that it's affecting your vision of making you feel dizzy then you should go to the hospital. hope you feel better.
I would probably wait another day and if it doesn't clear up then go to the doctor. The "knot" is a good sign.if there is swelling on the outer part of the head then there usually isn't damage on the inner part. I would probably switch medicine form motrin to tylenol or aleve as motrin has caffeine in it. I'd say you'll be fine.if, however, you experience dizziness, sweating, blurred or double vision, numbness, or migraine headaches then you should go to the ER immediately.
How bad does it hurt? If you have to take medicine for the pain, maybe you should.
If you don't want to go to the ER then at least go to a walk in clinic. You could have a concussion or it could be nothing, then again if its hemorrhaging it could be fatal. I doubt that's the case but go to the doctor. If its still hurting that bad you should at least have it looked at.
Don't go to the ER. It will cost a fortune. Go to a regular MD, a general practitioner or family doctor if you go anywhere. At this point it really isn't an emergency and a doctor's visit is much cheaper. It is possible you could have had a concussion, but unless you are feeling nauseous, faint, dizzy or have blurred vision, you are probably just fine and will just have to work through the headache.
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Myself - I have had four concussions.
Look, it is simple. If you want to spend all your life saying that your head hurts, then yes do it but they will laugh at you when you will hold your head with pain.
I advise you to go to the doctor. I have got it one day, and the doctor only gives you a cream to put on it.
Hope that helps
oh my god, yesterday i hit my head while i was closing my trunk.man, i've got a cartoon bump on my forehead and it hurts like a *****!! well, i think if you woke up today, which you did, your fine, just have the nuesance of a bad headache for a while!! Try some of that Headon stuff, i hear it works!
Umm yeah.people go to the doc for stupidier things every day.
Gosh! I've done that before and it hurts soooooo bad ,but I just took medicine and dint worry bout it!
better to get laughed at then half part of your brain disrupted, get off your but and get a cat scan girl -NOW-
please go get checked. You have to be sure there was nothing shaken or displaced in your brain. Be smart, move your buns.
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