Your doctor will ask about how
the injury occurred, about past medical problems, and about
vomiting, seizures (fits) or problems breathing after the
injury.
The injured person may need
to stay in the hospital to be watched. Sometimes, special
pictures of the brain may be needed to find out more about the
damage.
It's normal to have a headache
and nausea, and feel dizzy right after a head injury. Other
symptoms include ringing in the ears, neck pain, and feeling
anxious, upset, irritable, depressed or tired.
The person who has had a head
injury may also have problems concentrating, remembering
things, putting thoughts together or doing more than one thing
at a time.
These symptoms usually go away in
a few weeks, but may go on for over a year if the injury was
severe.
No. If your doctor thinks the
person needs to be watched this closely, your doctor will
probably put the person in the hospital.
Sometimes, doctors will send
someone who has had a head injury home if the person with them
is reliable enough to watch the injured person closely. In
this case, your doctor may ask you to wake the person
frequently and ask questions such as "what's your name?" and
"where are you?" to make sure everything is
okay.
