Brain Injury: When to Go to the Hospital

I fell any hit the back of my head on a cement floor with thin carpet on it about 3 wks ago. The knot has just about gone but once in a while i get a pain there. What should i do?

Had a stroke 2014 emergency brain surgery.lefy with blurred vision vertigo memory loss incontinence dizziness nausea on and off headaches not approved for disability cant work or drive help no insurance.

I had an accident about a week and a half ago that caused me to hit my head hard in three different locations on the head. Once on each side of head close to ear and one on left side of forehead. The swelling has gone down a lot. But I still have small bumps and a lot of pain when touched. During the incident I felt very dizzy and nearly passed out. I could not get up without feeling this way. After a full day I am able to walk carefully and go about my day. But everyday I get dizzy if I look down for a long period of time, yawn, stretch, blow my nose, or anything to bring tension To my head. Including lifting things. Is it time I take myself to see a doctor? Do you think it is serious?

I was sent home from the ICU with a known subdural hematoma which grew so huge at home, I ended up having not 1 craniotomy, but 3 to repair the damage. My questions are: A) is it normal to be sent home with a small acute subdural hematoma? B) No one diagnosed a brain injury, head injury, or said anything of the sort to my family even with every symptom of a TBI after and before the surgeries. It was cause by a MVA, the hospital knew, don't they have to report a TBI or at least tell you so you can get treatment? Thank you.

My brother died from falling on concrete. He didn't have insurance and thought he couldn't afford to pay for the medical bills so he just went to bed that night after taking some Tylenol saying im fine and never woke up. My nephew went the next morning to see if he would go to work but he was cold. Now we take head injuries very seriously. He was only 30.

My friend got hit in the head by a baseball going about 60 miles per hour blacked out for about a second then was ok and head didn't hurt about 2 hours later is that bad?

I REALLY HOPE SOMEONE can PLEASE give me advice....I SERIOUSLY need it. This is regarding myself. Back around the beg of Feb, I fell and hit the very back, upper part of my head HARD on concrete. I was dazed, but got up and ended up falling and hitting the same spot. I have no insurance, so I didn't go to the Dr. Now,months later, I'm STILL dealing with dizziness....ESPECIALLY when moving from a laying down position. I've started getting a few headaches......the dizziness seems to becoming more intense when it does happen...and I'm nauseous... My question to y'all, is, could this be something serious? It's now may and that was 3 months ago.....if I had a concussion or a injury....could it be worse now? What could this possibly be? Also, even now, touching that part of my head, it still feels bruised. Any ideas or thoughts on what could have happens or what could be going on now, would GREATLY be appreciated!

I hit my head last month on a table at school and my head was hurting. I just sucked it up and went about my day. A few hours later my headache got extremely bad. The school called my mom and I passed out in the car, then my neck became stiff. When I got to the hospital they tried talking to me but my words where slurred and the hospital gave me ibuprofen. They sent me home and the next day my headaches got worse and I was throwing up so my mom scheduled an appointment with my PCP where they told me I could have a concussion so I was referred to a head first clinic where they specialized in injuries to the head and i took an impact test. My balance and my vision was off and my test score was really low. I was put on rest for another week. On one of my "rest days" I was passed out and I hit my head again. On Monday I had my checkup with my concussion doctor where I re-took the impact test and i scored worse. My balance was off and worst of all my blood pressure was 136/88 and I'm 14. That same day I was scheduled to see a neurologist where they did a CT scan and it's been 1 month and no recovery I'm currently waiting on my results and have to return tomorrow.

I was in caye Caulker Belize when I fell down two steps on concrete floor. I was lifted up by two men and escorted to my vacation cottage. I started to vomit and had some trickles of blood from my nose. I was put to bed because there was not a dr on the island. I laid the next day as well and had to catch a plane back to the USA. I went to the ER the following day and a cat scan was done and drs determine I had a brain bleed. Was not allowed to go home. Was put on some meds and release the next day. It has been over a week and I still am very dizzy when I get up from a sitting or lying potion. I can hear very well from one ear. A scary thought that this can happen to anyone and being in a third world country really is scary time to have a brain bleed. It can take up to 6 mo to 2 years to clear.

Thank you for the concise article.  It gave me exactly what I needed to know after I was knocked over and sent flying by one of my horses, landing on my back and crashing my head on the ground.  I was dazed but did not lose consciousness, but had a headache and was dizzy and sleepy the rest of the day.  The next day my headache got much worse and then I started vomiting.  Still I wasn't sure if I really needed to be checked out at a hospital as I wasn't sure what they could actually do for me if it was a concussion,  or what the risks were.  That's when I found this article and learned about the danger of a brain bleed and that a CT scan should be done to check for that.  That decided it for me,  even though no one likes a trip to the ER and all the waiting you typically have to do there.  (Fortunately in my country - Canada - there was no cost to me, which I admit makes the decision a lot easier).  They did a CT scan and gave me pain and anti-nausea medication through an IV.  Thankfully my scan came back normal,  but I am still glad I took the advice of this article and got checked.  I would urge anyone who has a head trauma  to do the same.  All you have to do is read some of these comments to see the dire and sad consequences that can and have occurred if you don't.

Eleven years ago, fell at work, passed out a few minutes and then a passed out again, fifteen minutes later and didn't remember the incident. While passed out during in second time, two managers came upon me, thought I was sleeping, could not rouse me, so just waited for me to regain consciousness. Didn't think to call Reedy Creek fire department for me. They suspended me, let me go to drive home in a daze. Next day, my friend tells me l probably have a concussion. So called work. Went to company first aid, they sent me to hospital Celebration in Florida...and then told me hours later.. Nothing was wrong with me. But I knew I wasn't right in the head..math skills screwed up, missing huge chunks of memory to this day. Oh, got fired too. So I learned not to trust big hospitals.

I was taken to the emergency room in an ambulance after falling and hitting my head hard. My forehead above my right eye was bleeding, but I got no attention from the hospital, even to apply antiseptic and bandage the area.  With all the more serious illnesses and injuries continually pouring in, I was never seen for a ct scan or anything else. I had to go to urgent care the next morning and they didn't even have a ct scanner. 

Cat scans are very expensive. I had one a few years ago after I closed a trunk bike rack on my head at full speed, and I had insurance back then, but I saw the bill what it would have been without insurance and it was $4500. It's probably even more now.

I was in a car accident and I'm having confusion blurred vision loss of balance have fallen twice since, have gone to the ER twice, once had a CT of the skull of the brain and it showed no brain bleed. Could I still have a concussion or concussion syndrome?

On Monday (today is Thursday) I hit my head not hard on a brick wall. I have been feeling light headed when I get up ever since I did not go to a hospital because I was in no pain what should I do? I am still light headed when I get up.

I fell on the ice this morning, hit my head and back so hard, what should I do? Any help

To the person who said there is nothing anyone can do -- yes, there is. My mom, at 83 years of age, had brain surgery not once, but twice to relieve pressure from bleeding. Five years later, she's still doing great. 

Even if there's a bleed-which is basically the only thing a CT will show-there is nothing to do in most cases. Peace of mind at best...

My brother was in a car accident and was expelled from the vehicle. His friends decided to move him and take him to the hospital. At the hospital they didnt do a CT he was just Laying in the bed conscious for a while until hours later he died :( reading this article I kew he had a brain hematoma and the negligence of the hospital is upsetting I'm boiling with anger inside. This article is very informative but my advice is if you fall wait on an ambulance unless your in danger -do not move and go to the hospital ASAP

I had gotten hit in the back of the head while playing basketball afterschool. I was at home and probably 6-8 hours later my head still really hurt and I experienced symptoms of Headache, Feeling dazed, confused and nausea. Turned out I had a concussion, this really helped.

My father in-law died one week after falling against an end table. He had a brain bleed. Lost speech and movement in his body about 3 days after fall.

It is very important that you go to a hospital when you hit your head. I collided with a player in a soccer game recently and I thought I was fine. But my parents and coach convinced me to go to get it checked out. It turns out I had a pretty bad concussion and I was out of everything for 2 1/2 months. If I wouldn't have gone symptoms could have gotten worse and I could have gone into a coma. Moral of the story is to always go to the hospital or doctor when it's a head injury because it can't hurt even if nothing's wrong.