Beware of the symptoms of head injury when Children Fall Banged

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falling is the leading cause of injury to the children of any age are not compromised, and to become the number one cause of head injury in children under 9 years old. Generally, the head injury in children also occurs frequently in children under 4 years.

Beware of the symptoms of head injury when Children Fall Banged

Beware of the symptoms of head injury when Children Fall Banged

Head injury in children is indeed going to happen often, because of their many moves. They ran, rolling, climbing, hanging, and then lost his balance. Often, when a child's head hit the floor fell out so that the bumps or blood gushed out.

If after the child's head hit the floor turns out she only cried a bit, still want to eat, and then the cheerful again, nothing to worry about. If the child is asleep, it is likelyshe was just feeling tired. The wound on the head also does not always indicate a serious problem.

According to Avinash Mohan, MD, Chief of neurosurgery children at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, there are many blood vessels on the face and scalp, so cuts in the head often spent a lot of blood.

Although the events of the fall of the children is okay, so child's head hit the floor, there are a few symptoms that need to be particularly aware of up until a few weeks later:

* Talk raved
* Flagging, limp
* Dizziness
* Haze
* It's hard to feel
* Loss of balance or difficult runs
* Nausea and vomiting
* Eye Pupil dilate, or size are not the same between right and left
* Lost consciousness

Generally when the child's head hit the floor, she will cry loudly, as shocked and in pain. Hence the need to look out for if he wasn't crying, but then looks limp and doesn't talk much. Ask whether he felt queasy, it is hard to feel, or his ears ringing.

In infants who have not been able to talk and walk, a sign of the dangers if the child's head hit the floor, among others:

* There are bumps on the Cantle (the software on the skull head)
* Vomiting
* Limp
* Does not want to eat
* Cry with shrill

Head injury in children can even leave the grooves or dents on the skull head. Immediately take it to the doctor if the child shows signs of above, or loss of consciousness, so the advice Dr. Mohan. Because, it shows there are more serious problems due to the child's head hit the floor.

Why do you have to keep watching him for several days up to two weeks ahead, because these symptoms sometimes not directly seen or felt. If the child is asleep, it is kind of hard to determine whether he is asleep or lost consciousness.

Anatoly Belilovsky, MD, pediatrician in Brooklyn, New York City, said the loss of awareness, suggests that the child suffered a concussion, so the symptoms which first asked by the doctor when the child's head hit the floor.

"It is the most common type of head injuries that we see on the kids," he said.

Even the most mild concussions can cause fatigue and dizziness over and over, that could happen days after the child's head hit the floor.

A more serious concussion will cause children have difficulty sleeping and behavior problems. It could affect his ability to concentrate in school.

So, after asking whether the injury due to the child's head hit the floor make daze or lost consciousness, the doctor will perform an examination of the fundamental nervous to check for vision, hearing, reflexes, and balance.