Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
We have all been told one of the main things we need to watch out for is hitting our heads. Ok so what happens if we hit our head. I know if I'm knocked out I would be sent to the hospital for all sorts of scans and tests, but what about a bump on the head like hitting you head while getting into the car, or hitting your head on a cupboard door? Well after hitting my head and not knocking myself out and not bleeding any (well none that I could see) I figured no big deal. However in the back of my mind I was worried enough to ask the neurosurgeon that I see quite often at the hospital where I work. I asked him if I needed to get right down and get a CT scan, He told me no because more than likely nothing will show up that soon, especially since I don't have a huge goose-egg on the top of my head. Hummmm, OK, according to this neurosurgeon even a mild bump on the head can cause a subdural hematoma, however the signs of a subdural hematoma if you have one caused from a mild bump wont show up for a couple of weeks. Usually the bleed is not a fast bleed so it takes awhile for enough blood to pool for the CT scan to pick it up. He told me the signs to watch out for after a bump on the head and they are as follows, a headache that lasts more than a day or two, numbness or tingling in the extremities, blurred vision, dizziness, nausea, or a combination of any of them.
So far I still have the sore head from cracking my head on the door jamb of my daughters car, no blurred vision as of yet and no real headache yet. I'll keep you all posted on what happens.
Hugs
Ferr
So far I still have the sore head from cracking my head on the door jamb of my daughters car, no blurred vision as of yet and no real headache yet. I'll keep you all posted on what happens.
Hugs
Ferr
Guess maybe you need to go get yourself a pretty hard hat. Or start using tons of hairspray to get that helmet-head effect!
Later i started to get a good headache so i did go to emerg. The dr checked me pretty good as it was the same dr who diagnosed my PE's. She wouldn't allow me to go home alone that night....I had to go stay at a friends place just in case.
A week later they did a Ct scan as i was still having headaches and had blurry vision on a couple occassions. Ct was negative. They figure i rattked the lil piece of grey matter pretty good and it just needs time to settle down.
I am still around to talk about this....... but my dr's do a great job of keepiing me in one piece.
just wondering how you are doing? i recently bumped heads with my baby, he didnt cry but in the back of my mind i have been worried ever since. then the other day i bumped my head on the wall while i was sleeping. I have a mild headache but the doctor told me it could be a sinus head ache. no nausea no double vision nothing like that just a mild headache and full of anxiety.. i hope to hear how you are doing and if your doc gave you any thing to look out for, take care
moe
By the way. The reason I haven't been on here lately is the hospital where I work has been running a 2 for 1 special in ER and we have just been slammed. Ifg i didn't know better i would swear it was a full moon.
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Ferr