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A member asked:

What happens if someone hits their head and it bleeds and they are unconscious, how serious is it?

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Dr. Visalakshi Vallury answered

Immediate evaluation: Head injury with loss of consciousness requires immediate evaluation.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 11/24/2014

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I was in my basement and fell and hit my head on the concrete floor, it knocked me unconscious and since then I've had 2-4 headaches a day. Hospital?

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