Blood on the brain or skull fracture ?!
Question: Blood on the brain or skull fracture .?
My son has a friend in hospital after an accident last night, we don't know many details as she's been flown to another hospital hours away.
All we've heard so far is 'skull fracture' 'spinal' and 'operation for blood on, or in skull'.
Would anyone know what this means.? would they operate to relief pressure on the brain or something, how serious is this.?
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All we've heard so far is 'skull fracture' 'spinal' and 'operation for blood on, or in skull'.
Would anyone know what this means.? would they operate to relief pressure on the brain or something, how serious is this.?
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Answers:
Any skull fracture is serious, very serious. My daughter suffered severe fractures to her skull, after being ejected from a car. She had a severely depressed skull fracture, and a basilar skull fracture, along with a broken neck, broken pelvis, internal injuries etc
If fragments of the skull are pressing inward into the brain, surgery will be necessary. However a bleed in the brain is bad. Yes, sometimes if the brain starts to swell, the Dr will try & relieve the pressure. He might also be trying to stop the bleeding. Sorry, you just don't have enough info.
With my daughters basilar fracture, she was leaking CSF into her ear and nose. With her depressed fracture she had a bleed also.
After the accident the Neurologist told us (after she was out of danger ) that someone was watching over her, as almost everyone who comes in with her injuries die within the first 48 hours. That was 3 years ago, and my daughter has recovered from most of her injuries. She has no permanent damage to her brain.Try not to think the worst, it is indeed serious, but she may have an amazing recovery like my daughter.
I will keep my fingers crossed.Health Question & Answer
If fragments of the skull are pressing inward into the brain, surgery will be necessary. However a bleed in the brain is bad. Yes, sometimes if the brain starts to swell, the Dr will try & relieve the pressure. He might also be trying to stop the bleeding. Sorry, you just don't have enough info.
With my daughters basilar fracture, she was leaking CSF into her ear and nose. With her depressed fracture she had a bleed also.
After the accident the Neurologist told us (after she was out of danger ) that someone was watching over her, as almost everyone who comes in with her injuries die within the first 48 hours. That was 3 years ago, and my daughter has recovered from most of her injuries. She has no permanent damage to her brain.Try not to think the worst, it is indeed serious, but she may have an amazing recovery like my daughter.
I will keep my fingers crossed.Health Question & Answer
Yes, this can be very serious. Trepanning to relieve pressure on the brain is one of the oldest surgical procedures and it should be well understood by surgeons.
With some luck she should make a recovery, it of course depends on how serious the injury was at first.
Hope things go well. Health Question & Answer
With some luck she should make a recovery, it of course depends on how serious the injury was at first.
Hope things go well. Health Question & Answer
this sounds very serious, especially if she was flown to another hospital (probably a hospital that can handle the trauma better). when you have a head injury, your brain sometimes swells. if the injury is bad enough, they will do surgery to relieve the pressure on the brain so as to not cause brain damage. sometimes there is rehab involved with these cases. i hope things go well.Health Question & Answer
I don't know.........but GOD bless her.......Health Question & Answer