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When to visit a doctor if your head gets injured?

You must be thinking, should there even be a question on when to visit a doctor if the head gets injured? Shouldn’t it be immediately? Our brain is well protected inside the skull so it escapes a lot of bumps however few shocks might be dangerous as they might affect the brain from the inside. This means that not every shock or injury is an issue worth running to a head injury treatment doctor. Head injury is a vast subject and covers almost everything big and small. Though the effect matters more than anything else like there may be a minor injury in the head but it's affecting the brain it matters big-time if it causes swelling and has damaged cells in the brain. The doctor needs to be immediately reached without delay in case of the following symptoms: Not waking up Collapse or atypical sleepiness Weird or perplexed behavior Memory loss Unusual mumbling Convulsions Acute Nausea and Vomiting Vague or double vision Deepening headache or neck pain Losing control over bladder or bow

A brief guide to neurology and its procedures

Neurology is the field of medicine that deals with the study and treatment of nervous system issues. The nervous system is an advanced, complex system that controls and commands physiological functions. It has two sections: The central nervous system comprises the spinal cord and brain The peripheral nervous system includes ears, eyes, skin, and other sensory receptors. What is the role of a Neurologist? A doctor who specializes in neurology is known as a neurologist. The treatments that come under the neurological disorders that have a significant impact on the spinal cord, brain, and nerves: Headache disorders Cerebrovascular disease, like a stroke Infection of the peripheral nervous system and brain Spinal cord disorders. Epilepsy, a seizure disorders Speech and language disorder Performing surgery is not the job of a neurologist. If a patient requires functional neurosurgery, then he refers him to a neurosurgeon . Some standard neurological procedures- Anterior Cervical Discectomy