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It's now sunday i had a fall downstairs friday nite & hit my head i'm on warfarin my head is sore swollen & bruised do i still need to see a & e?

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Dr. Nayana Trivedi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Yes.: Because you take Coumadin (warfarin) and have bruise, most importantly we want to make sure there is no internal/Intracranial /Subdural bleeding. This may suddenly get worse.

Dr Fowler and 4 doctors agreed

Answered 1/3/2016

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Dr. Norman Chideckel answered

Fall: I would recommend evaluation sooner rather than later based on history

Answered 10/12/2017

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A member asked:

It's now sunday i had a fall downstairs friday nite & hit my head i'm on warfarin my head is sore swollen & bruised do i still need to see a & e?

7 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Nayana Trivedi answered

Dr Fowler and 4 doctors agreed

Dr. Norman Chideckel answered

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