What is Head injury?

What is Head injury?

• Head injury: An injury to the head.
• Head injury: Traumatic injuries involving the cranium and intracranial structures (i.e., BRAIN; CRANIAL NERVES; MENINGES; and other structures). Injuries may be classified by whether or not the skull is penetrated (i.e., penetrating vs. nonpenetrating) or whether there is an associated hemorrhage.
  Source - Diseases Database

Head injury: Introduction

Types of Head injury:

Broader types of Head injury:

• Brain conditions
• Head Conditions
• Accident or injury conditions
• Pain conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Head injury?

Complications of Head injury: see complications of Head injury

What causes Head injury?

Causes of Head injury: see causes of Head injury
Risk factors for Head injury: see risk factors for Head injury

What are the symptoms of Head injury?

Symptoms of Head injury: see symptoms of Head injury

Complications of Head injury: see complications of Head injury

Head injury: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Head injury.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Head injury.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Head injury: see treatments for Head injury
Prevention of Head injury: see prevention of Head injury
Research for Head injury: see research for Head injury

Society issues for Head injury

Hospitalization statistics for Head injury: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Head injury:

• 0.97% (123,792) of hospital episodes were for head injuries in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 93% of hospital consultations for head injuries required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 67% of hospital episodes for head injuries were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 33% of hospital episodes for head injuries were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 83% of hospital admissions for head injuries required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Head injury:

Organs and body systems related to Head injury include:

• Head
• Brain

Name and Aliases of Head injury

Main name of condition: Head injury

head trauma

Craniocerebral trauma Source - Diseases Database

Head injury: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Head injury:

• Stroke
• Subarchnoid hemorrhage
• Subdural hematoma
• Extradural hematoma
• Intracerebral hemorrhage

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