What should you do if your child injured his head? While head injuries will cause a lot of anxiety from the parent and the child, not all are serious.
Head injuries can lead to minor head injuries that hurt on the outside of the head (scalp). Occasionally, head injury can also cause bruising or bleeding in the brain – this type of head injury requires immediate medical attention.
How do you determine the difference between a minor head (skull) injury and a more serious head injury? Signs and Symptoms of a mild head injury:
- Minor scalp swelling
- Cut on the scalp
- Mild headache
- Bleeding
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