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What Causes Head To Feel Numb After Injury?

I fell hiking last friday and hit the whole side of my head on a rock. No open cuts just ached in the head...put ice on and never really had any other issues except towards the top of my head feels very numb.,...so numb that when my hair is normally really tangly and I brush through it....it normally hurts at my scap....but I feel nothing really
Mon, 23 Feb 2015
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It is possible that you had a scalp injury when you hurt your head. This can cause irritation of nerve endings which can get sensitized when brushing your hair. If you experience symptoms like persistent headaches, heaviness, vomiting, dizziness, loss of gait then please get back to your doctor at once for a CT scan brain to know if there is any injury to brain which is not visible from outside.

Also check your scalp for any bruises and injury and signs of inflammation and infection in the scalp that might have appeared after the injury. If present you must apply antibiotic ointment containing sodium fusidate to the area. This will prevent infection.
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What Causes Head To Feel Numb After Injury?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. It is possible that you had a scalp injury when you hurt your head. This can cause irritation of nerve endings which can get sensitized when brushing your hair. If you experience symptoms like persistent headaches, heaviness, vomiting, dizziness, loss of gait then please get back to your doctor at once for a CT scan brain to know if there is any injury to brain which is not visible from outside. Also check your scalp for any bruises and injury and signs of inflammation and infection in the scalp that might have appeared after the injury. If present you must apply antibiotic ointment containing sodium fusidate to the area. This will prevent infection.