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How Can An Occipital Ache With Bruising Due To Trauma Be Treated?

Hi, earlier i was going to the cupboard to get breakfast and then when i turned around, i supposedly blacked out/fainted and fell to the floor hitting my head. I mainly hit the bone above my eye and there is a little bruise nothing else, i sat with an ice pack on it for a while. My mother thinks its because i hadn t eaten anything for about 20 hours and thats why i blacked out because i had no energy. But now i have an ache in the back left of my head and i don t want to go to the doctors/hospital and im very afraid of them, please help.
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Since you have fallen on your forehead, it is likely that the force might have been transmitted to your neck as well as back side of the brain. Occipital headache can arise in both. This needs to be sorted out. For the time being you can try soft cervical collar and voveran 75 mg twice daily after food. But I suggest you should see a doctor. There is nothing to be afraid of doctors. Most are good people.
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How Can An Occipital Ache With Bruising Due To Trauma Be Treated?

Since you have fallen on your forehead, it is likely that the force might have been transmitted to your neck as well as back side of the brain. Occipital headache can arise in both. This needs to be sorted out. For the time being you can try soft cervical collar and voveran 75 mg twice daily after food. But I suggest you should see a doctor. There is nothing to be afraid of doctors. Most are good people.