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Head Injuries

Chances are you've bumped your head before. Often, the injury is minor because your skull is hard and it protects your brain. But other head injuries can be more severe, such as a skull fracture, concussion, or traumatic brain injury.

Head injuries can be open or closed. A closed injury does not break through the skull. With an open, or penetrating, injury, an object pierces the skull and enters the brain. Closed injuries are not always less severe than open injuries.

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  1. Head Injuries (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... hard and it protects your brain. But other head injuries can be more severe, such as a skull fracture, concussion, or traumatic brain injury. Head injuries can be open or closed. A closed injury ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/headinjuries.html - Health Topics
  2. Head injury - first aid 
    A head injury is any trauma to the scalp, skull, or brain. Head injury can be either closed or open (penetrating). A closed head injury means you received a hard blow to the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000028.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Preventing head injuries in children 
    ... simple steps to keep their children from getting head injuries. ... Helmets help to prevent head injuries. Your child should wear a helmet that fits properly for the following sports or activities: Playing contact sports, such as ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000130.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Traumatic Brain Injury (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... jolt to the head. This is a closed head injury. A TBI can also happen when an object ... causes of TBI depend on the type of head injury: Some of the common causes of a closed ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/traumaticbraininjury.html - Health Topics
  5. Subdural hematoma 
    ... is most often the result of a severe head injury. This type of subdural hematoma is among the deadliest of all head injuries. The bleeding fills the brain area very rapidly, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000713.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Traumatic brain injury 
    ... longer period of time or that continues (coma) Head injuries that cause a TBI often occur with injury ... care when moving people who have had a head injury .
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000799.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Head Injuries (Nemours Foundation)  
    Head Injuries/Children ... Head Injuries ... Nemours Foundation ... head injuries, head injury, external, external head injury, external head injuries, internal, internal ...
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/head-injury.html - External Health Links
  8. Overview of Head Injuries (Merck & Co., Inc.)  
    Head Injuries/Start Here ... Head Injuries ... Merck & Co., Inc. ... Overview of Head Injuries - Explore from the Merck Manuals - Medical Consumer Version. ... head injury,brain ...
    https://www.merckmanuals.com/.../overview-of-head-injuries - External Health Links
  9. Concussion in children - discharge 
    If your child had a mild head injury, it's likely no treatment was needed. But be aware that the symptoms of a head injury can show up later. The providers ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000125.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Indications of head injury (image) 
    Head injury can be classified as either closed or penetrating. In closed head injury, the head sustains a blunt force by striking ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/8803.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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