
What Causes Pain And Swelling On The Chin After An Injury?

Does this up my risk of concussion or brain bleed?
how long do I have to worry about bad stuff happening?
I don't take aspirin, am 45 year old female, I do take krill oil, coq10 and vitron c.
this happened about 6 hours ago.
go thank you for your help!
Almost 6 hours have passed.Brain injury is less likely.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
In this scenario, 6 hours have already passed and you did not lose consciousness or had a mental confusion-clearly,you did not have a concussion.Concussion is by definition a transient reversible loss of consciousness/mental confusion, after a head injury in which consciousness usually recovers within hours.
Sometimes,in epidural hematoma,patient lose consciousness after a lucid interval of several hours.So,with 6 hours down,even that appears to be a less likely possibility.
You may observe yourself for a few more hours.If no mental changes or disturbance in consciousness occurs,probably you do not have a brain injury.
However,if you had a head injury too,probably it will be on the safer side to get a plain CT scan of head done.
Waiting for your follow-up question.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)


At this point now, over 7 hours do you think I need a CT scan? I'd rather not have the radiation exposure if I can help it.
Or are you saying if I have symptoms then get one? current no symptoms. ..knock on wood...just worried because of falling.
CT Head is not needed if you had no head injury.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
Ok..I'll clear the confusion here.
1)Its definitely not a concussion as you did not have any mental changes or loss of consciousness.I hope that is very clear.
2)Indication of getting a head CT scan is-
If a patient had a head injury severe enough to cause altered sensorium(some mental changes) or loss of consciousness.In such a case,CT scan is to be done even if loss of consciousness/mental changes were transient and then improved.
However,if patient had a head injury which did not cause loss of consciousness or any mental changes,CT scan is not indicated.In such a case,if patient is very anxious thinking of brain injury,CT head may be done to rule out such a damage.
In third scenario,if there is no head injury,CT Scan of head is out of question.
So,I mentioned that if you had a head injury and as you appear to be anxious enough,you may get a CT Head done,although it is not an absolute indication here.
Besides,if you did not have a head injury and just a facial injury,CT Head is just out of question.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some follow-up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr,Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)


and I didnt know it (hitting chin / cheek / side of face) isn't considered a head injury but am glad it's not!
read about XXXXXXX XXXXXXX the actress dying after fall during skiing lesson and got wigged out.
I will rate amd leave reviee)w asap - last question...how.long does someone have to watch out for symptoms. ..read everything from a few hours to 72 hours to 2 weeks.
so not sure how long realistically I need to worry..thank you for your time and expertise ...other is greatly appreciated :-)
Upto 2-3 days of observation.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up.
I can understand your concerns well.
Practically,In most of the cases worsening occurs till few hours of injury.However,as a practical cut off value,72 hours of observation after the injury is crucial.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some follow-up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to me.
Regards
Dr,Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)

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