Best Doctors for Head Injury Treatment in Indore

Head injury is an umbrella term used to represent any trauma or injury to scalp, skull or brain or all of them and is usually seen in road traffic accidents,sports injuries and falls. Head injuries can be form of concussions (mild traumatic injury), skull fracture, abrasion or blunt trauma injury of the scalp leading to excessive blood loss, contusion, hematoma and diffuse axonal injury etc. The signs and symptoms of the head injury includes disorientation, confusion, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting, ENT bleeds, weakness, lethargy, memory loss or temporary amnesia, coordination and balance problems, headache, vision changes , dizziness etc. Diagnosis is made by physical examination, medical history, imaging like CT scan or MRI to assist the injury or damage to the brain, skull or cervical vertebrae fractures or diffuse axonal injury, neurological examination and cognitive evaluation if necessary. Management is by rest and observation if the injury is mild and immediate hospitalization is necessary in case of moderate to severe head injury for prompt diagnosis and treatment.