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Was at the playground with my kids today and I hit my head?
Really hard. I was going up the stairs to the slide with my 5 yr old. As I went to stand up I hit the top of my head really really hard on the metal bar. My vision went fuzzy for a split second and then panic set in. I checked for bleeding and there was none. I went to the ER and they didn't do a CT Scan. The nurse made me follow her finger, walk back and forth, stick my tounge out. Close my eyes and stand there and tell her my name. I passed all of that so she said they weren't going to do a scan. It's 8 hours later and I'm freaking out what if I have a brain bleed or fracture? They didn't even check. My head is sore when I touch where I hit it. No vomiting, no bad headache, pupils are okay. Chances of delayed issues is freaking me out
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- 6 years ago
You do realize if you had bleeding in your brain you would not be functioning right now right? Second of all if you had a fracture your head would be swollen somewhere and as much detail as you provided you seem totally fine. Most likely you got dazed for a second and that is that. I do mixed martial arts and get punched / kicked in the head on a regular basis (sometimes harder than others). The chances of getting anything more than a concussion are very low from one impact.
I would like to ask, did you hit the back of your head or the front (makes a huge difference due to the fragile nature of the back of the head in comparison to the hard nature of the front). On top of that if you believe that you got a concussion you need to stay awake the whole night with someone watching you because if you are indeed correct about serious head damage you could die during sleep and not wake up.
(I am not trying to scare you but it is standard procedure to stay awake on the first night after a serious head injury).
Best Regards and I believe what you have is not a serious injury.
- Anonymous6 years ago
You are crazy overreacting. The doctors and nurses studied years hard to know what to do. They know if you're alright or not.
You're just on of the hysterical spoiled mothers.