Possible causes of Head injury
20 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Altered mental status (confusion) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Cervical spine fracture (broken neck bone) Common Urgent
- Concussion (head injury) Common Pediatric
- Contusion (bruise) Common Pediatric
- Epidural hematoma (bleeding outside of the brain or spinal cord) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Epistaxis (nose bleed) Common Pediatric
- Headache Common Pediatric
- Hematoma (collection of blood) Common Pediatric
- Hemotympanum (blood behind ear drum) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Post concussive syndrome (post head injury) Common
- Scalp laceration (scalp cut) Common Pediatric
- Skull fracture (broken bone) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Subdural hematoma (bleeding on brain) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Basilar skull fracture (broken bone) Urgent
- Cerebellar syndrome
- Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (brain fluid from the nose) Urgent
- Hearing loss
- Intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding in brain) Urgent
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (brain bleeding) Urgent
- Vertigo (spinning sensation)