- Rest and keep head elevated at approximately 30 degree angle. Avoid strenuous exercises or activities requiring heavy concentration including watching the television or reading.
- There might be symptoms of lethargy, dizziness, mild headache, nausea or mild vomiting after any level of head injury. Continue to rest and observe the extent and changes of the above symptoms.
- Withhold food temporally if there is any nausea or vomiting. If must eat, take small amounts of only soft food only such as porridge.
- Please call or return to the hospital as soon as possible if there are following symptoms：
- Intolerable and persistent headache
- Clear fluid or blood from the nostrils or ear canals
- Paralysis or change of weakness
- High fever
- Urine or stool incontinence
- Acute delirium or change of mental state such as not recognizing family, abnormal behaviors such as violence or hysteria, seizure, or loss of consciousness
- Have a friend or family member accompany the patient for the first 24 hours to check on the consciousness of the patient by every one to two hour.
- Avoid sedatives or sleeping pills. Only take the prescribed analgesics for headache relief.
- Chronic subdural hematoma can occur in the elderly after an apparently insignificant head trauma. Symptoms are often insiduous and may take weeks or months to develop. Return to the hospital if there is persistent headache, single-sided weakness, or retarded response.
- Parents should watch for the following symptoms in children who have experienced head injury：lowered activity, drowsiness, unconsolable crying, persistent vomiting, anorexia, seizure. Return or call the hospital if the above symptoms are noted.
Home Management after Head Injury
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