If the ambulance service bell rings and the words sounded anxious mother: "My baby hit his head!" Brigade immediately leaves the call.It is quite possible that there was a concussion.
turns it head injury is in first place among all the childhood diseases that require immediate hospitalization.The Russian Federation has more than a hundred of thousands of children are admitted to hospital with this diagnosis every year, which is not surprising: kids and students tend to run fast, jump, climb trees and hills and occasionally fall from them.
Therefore, even if your child hit his head, "a little" is still a reason to show it to the doctor, or at least closely watch him for a few days, and at the slightest change in the state immediately call "03".
time to help your child remember the main symptoms of concussion.It is important to remember that children are not always obvious symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness and loss of consciousness.
most often a concussion in children, especially young children, is shown:
- concern
- poor appetite, and infants - very frequent regurgitation
- pale skin
- sleepiness or poor sleep
- delayedor rapid pulse
- sweating
- high or low pressure
- posttraumatic blindness
Most important feature of children's concussion is that these symptoms may not be immediately, but gradually.And any of them, even the identity - an occasion alarmed and seek medical advice.
First aid for concussion is quite simple: to ensure the child rest, allow to lie before the arrival of the doctor.If the impact head bruise appeared, necessary to make the cold and abrasion process with hydrogen peroxide.
in the hospital X-ray or the child will be sent to the cranial ultrasonography, echo-encephalography or CT scan, to prevent the brain, swelling or bleeding.
enough time to diagnose a concussion can be easily treated with diuretics to relieve swelling and medications containing potassium, needed to supply the brain.Sometimes spend a soothing therapy and prescribe antihistamines and nootropics.
After being discharged from the hospital for some time will have to comply with gentle treatment, to reduce physical exertion and watching TV, and then after three or four weeks the child is fully healed.
Parents, remember!
Babies under one year are most often tremor, and even brain injury, because of the negligence of adults.Never leave a baby on a sofa, changing table, or in a wheelchair, he can fall.
And when the child learns to walk, put special caps on the sharp edges of furniture and doors - they are sold in any hardware store and is cheap, but it can save a child's health, knocks or bumps.
With the grown children of three or four years and older it is important to talk regularly about proper behavior at games or sports site that you can not come close to the swings, if they are already sitting the kid, and the hills you can slide only one not to push hisanother from a height.
Care of parents of the child and accuracy - the best prevention of childhood injuries!
As for adolescents, risk-averse, it is important to remember that the best alternative to jumping on the roofs or climbing on an abandoned construction site is the sports section - and safer, and beneficial to health.
Articles Source: nanya.ru
