How can you determine the concussion of the child yourself?
In order to timely detect concussion in the child, each mother should know the main signs of it. In small, nursing babies to reveal the presence of this pathology is quite difficult. The main symptoms of a child's tremor are:
- repeated vomiting;
- pallor of the skin;
- regurgitation after eating;
- capriciousness;
- anxiety;
- sleep disturbance;
- prolonged crying;
- short-term loss of consciousness.
As can be seen from the above list, it is not easy to determine the concussion in a child; its signs are quite nonspecific. That is why mothers for a long time do not attach importance to their presence, taking frequent vomiting in young children for banal regurgitation, especially if it is observed after eating.
In most cases, these symptoms do not appear immediately after the injury, but only after a few hours. They are joined by a half-fainting condition, a violation of coordination of movements, a pulse, disorientation in space. Also, in young children, these signs of concussion are accompanied by a frequent loss of consciousness, almost immediately after the injury. It lasts not long - no more than 1 minute.
A brain concussion in a baby - what to do?
Immediately after a head injury, with a suspicion of a concussion, the mother should call an ambulance. However, in fact, it does not always work out that way. In most cases, the baby, banging his head and a little crying, continues to play. And the symptoms of concussion are observed only after 2-3 hours.
In case the mother suspects a concussion in her child, she should limit his motor activity. Give the child a lying position, laying it on the barrel. To do this is necessary in order that in the case of opening up vomiting, the child does not choke with vomit.
How is the diagnosis and treatment of concussion in children?
After the baby is taken to a medical institution, he will be examined by a traumatologist and a neuropathologist, who find out the circumstances of the trauma. Also, doctors check reflexes, sensitivity.
Using a special device of an ophthalmoscope, the intracranial pressure is measured . As additional methods of research use radiography, at least - computer tomography.
After the diagnosis is established, treatment is prescribed, which is carried out mainly at home. Only with suspicion of bruising or swelling of the brain, the baby is hospitalized.
The basis of treatment of concussion of the brain is bed rest. The duration of it directly depends on the degree of concussion: at 1 degree - 1 week, 2 - 2-3 weeks, with severe concussion - about a month.
For medical treatment, pain relievers, calming diuretics, and hypnotics are used.
What can cause a brain concussion in a child?
Concussion in children usually does not entail any consequences. In rare cases, such complications as asthenic syndrome, post-comon syndrome, vegetative-vascular dystonia can be observed . In severe forms of pathology, posttraumatic epilepsy can be observed.
Thus, knowing what to do with a shaking in the child, the mother will be able to relieve the condition of the crumbs.