Best Doctors for Skull Fracture Treatment in Sainagar, Karimnagar

Skull fractures are the break in the continuity of the skull bones and causing various symptoms. Skull fractures are most often seen in road traffic accidents due to head on collision on hard surfaces but it can also be seen in contact sports, physical assault, hitting with an object on the head, traumatic child birth, forceps delivery,falls, osteoporosis and bone weakening due to certain tumors. The symptoms of skull fracture include loss of consciousness,nausea and vomiting, disorientation, confusion, leaking of CSF(cerebro spinal fluid ) from the nose or ear, seizures, difficulty in swallowing, facial edema(swelling), weakness in the face and extremities etc. It can diagnosed by medical history and imaging like MRI, CT scans to identify and locate the fracture and determine the course of treatment which may include rest,observation and pain management in mild cases but surgical intervention like craniotomy followed by rehabilitation is required if necessary.