What is Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can resu...
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Well, I was bending down to get a book from my bookshelf on the very bottom. I was squating on my toes, well I fell backward and slammed my head into the corner of my bedside stand. Ouch! I tried to catch myself but just took down binders and rocking chair on me. Ouch again! I blacked out for a few seconds and woke up laying on the floor, but I remember exactly what happened, my immediate thought was to check for bleeding, luckily there was none. It swelled immediately into a bumb and hurt like hell when I attempted to touch it. It was late, I was tired, and decided that since I hadn't suffered any memory loss or bleeding to just sleep it off. I'm now having the same problems that happened the first time I hit my head. Greater that normal memory loss, increased difficulty finding words, extreme tiredness, not to mention a week long headache. I have an appointment with my doctor coming up, I'm not sure what will happen as it wasn't serious - but it's got me so annoyed right now with the symptoms back. Has anyone else experienced a milder "bump" to the head and have some if not all of their symptoms come back? How long did it take for them to go away again?
Posted on 06/13/09, 03:06 pm |
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Good luck and you really must stop doing that, like it was your choice to hit your head.
Let us know what the doc says! 
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Yes, actually I did bump my head on the car door...got a new symptom as well. The next morning I experienced a whopper of a headache that lasted for 2 days, then...I got dizzy and I still feel dizzy almost 2 weeks later. I didn't lose any memory, but it scared me just the same.
I contacted my doctor, with the new symptoms he wants me to see a nero...can't be too careful it seems! Call your doc and let him know, it may be nothing to worry about, but at least he will know if something does crop up!
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Hey, I know all about additional bumps on the head. Little did I know that the bad TBI in 1977 would lead to an additional 37 known brain injuries (documented). This is not counting four/five summers my head was used as a target board for tomatoes. My father & brother would throw tomatoes at my head for punishment for not driving the tractor correctly. These side effects last forever, sometimes good & others bad.
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You really have to be careful when it comes to hitting your head again after a brain injury. I did a research report in college on concussions and there is something called "Second inpact sydrome". What happens is if you have had a brain injury, it takes a long time to heal. If you take another hit to the head before you are completely healed (a long, long time) it can have disasterous consiquences. That is why I can never play rugyb again, because my brain injury was so severe that it is a life long recovery for me. Even if you feel like you are doing fine, your brain is still healing. So, just be careful and make sure you mention all your symptoms to your doctor when you go see him/her. God Bless
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