Brain Injury

Mechanical damage to the brain, which occurs as a result of a blow to the head or to the head.
The injuries of the brain are those in which consciousness is lost. The old authors wrote that the concussion of the brain begins where the mind ends. But a concussion is the easiest trauma of the brain. A heavier lesion is a brain contusion. After losing consciousness (and it is necessarily lost, even for a few seconds), the patient comes to and can not remember the moment of injury, or even that which was directly before the impact. Usually patients after a few minutes complain of nausea, headache, then vomiting, which does not bring relief, is added.
If the patient lost consciousness after a head injury, headache, nausea, and even more so vomiting, then with a high degree of probability, we can assume that he suffered a concussion of the brain. However, behind the mask of a simple concussion, a more serious lesion may disappear: a fracture of the base of the skull, a slowly growing hematoma (a blood tumor).
When establishing the diagnosis of "brain concussion" patient must be hospitalized for examination and exclusion of a more serious disease. With a slight tremor, it can be treated at home, with an average and severe shaking, the patient must be at least 2-3 weeks on strict bed rest and under the supervision of a doctor. It is necessary to treat even a slight concussion of the brain, since its effects may be different (see Post-traumatic lesions of the nervous system).