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Bumped top back leftside of head 30 hours ago when stood up&had strange burn sensation in nose on impact.what was that?still icing,sore when touched.

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Dr. Sandra Lora Cremers answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Head trauma: Possible you hit your head so hard that the brain on other side of head was affected: contrecoup injury. If there is a large bump, you have a hematoma. If you have a headache or lost any vision/black out, should see MD asap.

Answered 8/16/2018

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