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Skull injuries
Skull injuries are conditions where there is damage to the skull caused by trauma and can include bleeds, bruises, and fractures.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 34-year old asked:
Could an old skull injury cause current headaches and other symptoms?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I have a skull injury and I dont have a full skull but can I drive my car when I feel ok and nothings wrong with me and can I drive anywhere?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Woke up with a hard fixated quarter sized bump on the back of my skull, no injury and it has been there for two days. Hurts if i put pressure on it?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is having a fractured skull a serious injury?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can having an internal head injury (skull fracture) cause behavior problems in children?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Can a MVA cause a blow to the skull or brain injury that would send pain through the neck,shoulder,hands,back and leg?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Is it possible for a one year old to vomit several times after hitting her head and not have a brain injury/skull fracture/concussion? No CT scan
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A 36-year old asked:
How could these collective injuries (fractured skull, arms, pelvis etc) be assessed and treated by doctors?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Found dent at top of headtoward the back(before skull starts rounding up).Seems to be along saggital suture.Is this normal or worrisome? No injury.
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A 43-year old female asked:
What causes skull and neck pain no injuries?
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A 40-year old female asked:
1 week now severe sensitivity with dent on skull crown ,dizziness, aching pain , and don't feel like myself .I've had no injuries?
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A 37-year old female asked:
5 yo boy w/ painful pea size lump right base of skull, s/s for two days, not red or inflamed, no injury or infection .... Concern?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I have a hard large and painful lump on the lower left backside of my skull. I have has no head injuries what could this be?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have swelling on one side of my posterior skull. I had a head injury many years back. I had c-t scan also. Can this swelling develop into tumor?
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A 28-year old female asked:
No injury. Pain in base of skull on left side. Feels like a ball of pain. Sore to touch sore to lay on. Ibpro was no help neither heat or ice.
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A member asked:
I have a sharp pain behind the ear on my skull happend a year ago i had concussion have had no other head injury since
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A 32-year old female asked:
A friend of mine had a very bad head injury 4 years ago. Cracked Skull. After her MRI Scan (4 years ago), the Doctors said everything was fine. We went bungee jumping 2 days ago and she is experiencing pain in her head when bending over. Normal?
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A 61-year old female asked:
I suffered a bad fall from an mva 2 days ago and got four stitches. I was diagnosed with a basal skull fracture, but thescan showed no other injury to neck or spine. I have somenausea and headache. What would be the recovery time?
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A 54-year old asked:
If a 9 mo. Old has a skull fracture, can playing "bouncy-bouncy" on your leg, (baby's rear lifts off mommy's leg, baby's head flops) cause injury?
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A 47-year old male asked:
Noticed hard lump mid lower leg,top of shin today size of large marble.knee pain too but thats not uncommon.Tender to touch.No recent injuries but I have fibrous dysplacia in skull,could this be same on leg now?I was told it only occurs in1 location?
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A 41-year old male asked:
I had a head injury back in 2019 and my right ear has had a ringing noise in it ever since. I was hit in the head with a metal pipe and it cracked my skull and I had a brain bleed I can hardly hear out of that ear now sometimes I hear a cricket nois?
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A 72-year old female asked:
It's been 3 months since a traumatic car accident with a Y shaped fracture of the skull, broken ribs, contusions & abrasions, leg injury but not fractured. Needing to fly home which is 12 hr flight from Istanbul to St. Louis Mo. Is it safe to fly?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Baby born with skull fracture (ping pong) with no brain injury showed on CT scan. baby is 2 months now and the fracture resolved spontaneously and baby is thriving. could this fracture still cause him any brain damage or development delays ?
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A member asked:
My husbend was thrown with a large brik on his head he had sirgery for scull frukture and is now diagnosed with deabetes can it be from the injery?
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A 36-year old asked:
What could weird knots on crown of skull mean?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Can the sides of a person's skull be different sizes?
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A 54-year old female asked:
What could cause your skull to feel like it's caving in on the top?
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A 48-year old asked:
What causes my skull to feel like something is crawling but nothing is there?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Which skull xay position shows the entire skull? Which skull position shows sides of the skull?
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A 49-year old asked:
Is bump on end of skull normal?
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