Brain Injury: When to Go to the Hospital

I was in the shower earlier today and had dropped something and i went down to pick it up and when i came back up i hit my head on the Lever of the Shower Handle. I didn't lose conscience or had any signs of it. Should I have went to the hospital?

Hi there I’m a 20 year old female and a few days ago I was cooking dinner with my friend at her apartment and I started feeling really strange. I started Feeling very hot like I was overheating, light headed, dizzy, nauseous, and there was this ringing I. My ear. I thought maybe I should step out of the kitchen and sit down on the couch. I tried that but my symptoms were not improving it just felt like they were increasing. My vision started going In and out and along with the ringing everything was sounding muffled. I pretty quickly decided I needed to just step outside and maybe the cold would help me (this was all a matter of like five minutes) I was using her doorknob outside to hold myself up and then everything went black and I felt myself hit the ground but I don’t remember falling. I laid there for a few seconds. I thought that I had been laying on the flat deck part outside her apartment but when I opened my eyes I was actually laying headfirst on my back halfway down her concrete stairway. (she lives on the second floor and her door is right next to the stairs) other than a small dent in my head and some bruises on my arms and legs I feel fine (I don’t have a concussion I don’t think and I’ve yet to have any headaches) the dent is starting to lesson and there’s only a dull ache when I lay on it (I’m assuming it’s bruised from smacking it on the concrete) but I’m still concerned even if I haven’t sustained a serious head injury I have no clue as to why I passed out like that. I’d like to prevent it from happening again. I don’t think the back of my head would be as resilient a second time. Please respond I’m actually a bit worried.

A couple of nights ago I passed out and landed halfway down a concrete stairwell. I didn’t roll down them or anything I landed solid where I fell, trouble is though that I hit the back of my head when I fell. The back of my head doesn’t seem cracked open or anything but it does feel a little dented. Hence my concern. I have yet to have any headaches and I feel relatively fine other than a couple of bruises on my arm from the fall. I don’t have a concussion either. Idk what to you think? Should I be worried?

My 2, almosst 3 year old daughter slipped in the tub last night and hit the back of her head on one of our jets in the tub....She hit the soft spot behind her ear and it instantly swelled up and created a small purple/ red lump just behind her ear lobe.
She instantly cried and settled easy after the fact. She hasn't been acting unusual or vomiting. no raccoon eyes or anything of the sorts... we have been trying to ice it. We let her sleep through the night and checked on her periodically through out the night, and she didnt have any issues and woke easily. But the swelling behind her ear has increased....The discoloration has gone, but it just seems more swollen....
Should this be cause for alarm? she is acting completely normal, except complaining that her neck hurts.

I hit my head on the steel at work when i hit it it didnt really hurt but now when i feel of where it hit it feels like an indent but at the angle i hit i dont think it could have caused it is this seriois ?

I fell in may getting out of the shower landed on my forehead. Went to er said I had tons if swelling but looked good. 6 months later I have a spotlight above my eye that swells now and again hurts especially to touch and I get a headache. Is it normal to swell up like this that long after an injury?

I was playing with my sister and a metal bar fell off and hit me in the temple and its bleeding

I was in a car accident 2 days ago. It was a fender-bender, but my airbags deployed, and, among other minor aches and pains, I have a very tender bump just above my ear, and one on my brow bone near my temple. When touched, I get a radiating headache. I’m also experiencing some irritability, light and sound sensitivity, and am always yawning. I was wondering if I should go to a doctor. If I simply have a concussion, I really can’t afford it, as I’m uninsured. Halp!

This is unhelpful. I hit my head hard maybe once a month. I can't afford to go to the ER once a month.

Hi I’m a 38 year old female I have a bump on my head right in the front near my hair line it’s sore to touch and has a cold felling to my head in that area and I’ve not hit or bumped my head at all what could this be

I have a severe headache and I fell and hit my head 2 days ago. Should I go to the hospital?

Last night, I hit my head on the bathroom tiles. I often wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and I'm usually still kinda half sleeping, but this time I feel like I don't really remember getting up, I just remember waking up in pain after having fallen. It hurts and I have two bumps on either side of my head but I'm otherwise completely fine. I put some ice on my forehead and went back to sleep after. I didnt even think I could have a concussion. And like I said, I'm fine today except the bump on my head. However I also had an aortic dissection 3 years ago so I'm a little freaked out it might be related to my heart. Do you think I should go to hospital? I didn't really think it would be anything, but now talking to coworkers, I'm starting to freak out a little. I'm a 38yo woman.

Yesterday I swung me head back and smashed it of the brick wall behind me by accident and I think I think I went unconscious for a minute and it’s only started to hurt now and me necks stiff should I go to a&e or is it okay

I had a minor Concussion went to the hospital there’s no bleeding on the brain came home next day balance is way off and I fell again hitting my head. I haven’t gone back to the hospital. It’s been three weeks my head still hurts and still nauseous but everything else is OK should I go back to the hospital

A closing door slammed on the right, back/side of the head about 5 hours ago. Initially I was dazed but not unconscious. No nausea nor amnesia. Moderate, intermittant headache,a bit of sensitivity on right ear, I am 50 year old male. Sound like it warrants a visit to Dr. tomorrow morning?

Yesterday My boyfriend was carrying me on the front of him and he fell over on some grass , I feel backwards and hit the back of my head really hard, I felt like a cracking sound in the back of my head , I had a excruciating headache after and it’s the next day and I still have it abit along with a stiff neck and I feel very drowsy

I bashed into someone with my head two days ago at a hockey game. I felt dizzy for about 15 mins after and had a slight headache the next day but no other symptoms. Should I see a doctor?

7 days ago, my daughters 110 pd dog yanked me in the street to chase a deer. I went down hard on the asphalt right side upper cheek at eye socket and Lip area took most of the hit. I was dazed, dizzy , nauseated, faint and shaking. Couldn’t stand up for 5-10 minutes. 7 days later it still hurts more than tylonal can treat.
If the eye socket was fractured there isn’t anything they can do, right? The lump above my lip is prob a hematoma ? So my question is , there is a great chance that I’m fine right? I’m 60 years old female. Thank you !

Yesterday I leaned back on my work out bench and hit my head really hard I didn't feel dizzy or feel sick to my stomach I slept fine last night, Today that spot of my head is sore , Not sure if I should get it checked out

I fell backwards when I tripped over a cat water fountain and hit the back lower right side of my head and neck. It really hurt, but I did not lose consciousness. I took an Aleve immediately. I am just sore. There is no bump so I know I should not sleep for a good while. What should I do?

when I was in my late teens I kept passing out I would be just standing there then just drop The 1st time it happened I hit my head on the table the second time it happened I was outside in my friends driveway passed out falling backwards crack in the back of my head on the concrete when I woke up I couldn't see So I just went home with help from my friend and went to bed the 3rd time it happened I was at a friends house in his basement getting ready to leave and it happened again passing out hitting the back of my head on the concrete floor never went to the hospital for any of them. I've have had memory and concentration problems later in life. what could be the long-term effects . it seems to be getting worse as I age

Yesterday while me and my brother were joking around, by accident my brother turned around and they both hit their heads but the things is my mom hasn’t been feeling well, she says she has a headache and doesn’t feel well since yesterday and that on her left side of the head where my brother hit doesn’t hurt if not on the opposite side which is the right, should we take her to the hospital or not because I’m getting really worried she says she feels like throwing up and doesn’t really feel normal like a bit confused...., should we take her to the hospital?