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Care Instructions for Your Child's Head Injury
The following tips should help your child gain strength quickly, but
it's important to have a supportive adult with your child for the first
24 hours.When we focus on improving food Throughout this article we will
give some advice to help our child lose weight in a healthy way, without
miracle foods and without starving.
FOR A BABY
You should:
. Give them their normal food.
. Make sure you can wake them up as easily as usual.
FOR A CHILD
You should:
. Let your child rest in peace.
. Give your child something clean to eat.
You must not:
-Let your toddler play any active game.
FOR ADULT CHILDREN
You should:
. Give some painkillers if you complain of a headache but make
sure you don't exceed the prescribed dose.
. Make sure they get plenty of rest and avoid stressful situations.
You must not:
-Allow your child to play any contact sport (eg football or soccer) for
at least 3 weeks.
-Take your child to school until you feel fully recovered.
Things you should not worry about:
Most children have symptoms in the first few days after a minor
head injury, which should clear up within two weeks, but if it takes
longer than then, you must arrange your own doctor.
. headache
. Feeling sick but not vomiting
. Difficulty
. Fatigue and mood swings
. Problems with thinking and concentration
. Decreased appetite
. Bed is sleep
Signs to see/find out more medically
Some patients seem to recover quickly but later experience
difficulties or complications so it is important to seek immediate
medical help at the Emergency Department if the following
symptoms are present:
. Sew more than twice.
. Your child is sleeping and you can't wake him up when you
usually expect him to be wide awake.
. Any skin (the body or face begins to wrinkle) or suddenly sloughs
off.
. They cannot grasp or hold or any other sign of any weakness in
one or more arms or legs.
. keep crying.
. Clear fluid or blood coming from their nose or ears.
. Difficulty speaking or understanding what you say.
. Any loss of balance or ability to walk.
. Any vision problems or new hearing loss in one or more ears.
. A severe headache that won't go away after all the remedies.
. Any other symptoms that worry you.
How to find more medical advice
If you are concerned that your condition, or that of your child, is
worsening (or not improving as expected) you should seek medical
advice as :
. During normal opening hours please contact your own registered
GP practice.
. Outside of your Doctor's opening hours you should call 111 who
will advise you on the steps you should take next.
. If you cannot get advice from above and you, or your child has
urgent concerns, you can go back to the WIC you visited today. If
this is not an option you can go to your nearest hospital Emergency
Department (A&E).
If you are concerned that you or the patient you are caring for has a
life-threatening illness or injury you should call 999 .

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health & care

  • 1. Care Instructions for Your Child's Head Injury The following tips should help your child gain strength quickly, but it's important to have a supportive adult with your child for the first 24 hours.When we focus on improving food Throughout this article we will give some advice to help our child lose weight in a healthy way, without miracle foods and without starving. FOR A BABY You should: . Give them their normal food. . Make sure you can wake them up as easily as usual. FOR A CHILD You should: . Let your child rest in peace. . Give your child something clean to eat.
  • 2. You must not: -Let your toddler play any active game. FOR ADULT CHILDREN You should: . Give some painkillers if you complain of a headache but make sure you don't exceed the prescribed dose. . Make sure they get plenty of rest and avoid stressful situations.
  • 3. You must not: -Allow your child to play any contact sport (eg football or soccer) for at least 3 weeks. -Take your child to school until you feel fully recovered. Things you should not worry about: Most children have symptoms in the first few days after a minor head injury, which should clear up within two weeks, but if it takes longer than then, you must arrange your own doctor. . headache . Feeling sick but not vomiting . Difficulty . Fatigue and mood swings . Problems with thinking and concentration . Decreased appetite . Bed is sleep Signs to see/find out more medically
  • 4. Some patients seem to recover quickly but later experience difficulties or complications so it is important to seek immediate medical help at the Emergency Department if the following symptoms are present: . Sew more than twice. . Your child is sleeping and you can't wake him up when you usually expect him to be wide awake. . Any skin (the body or face begins to wrinkle) or suddenly sloughs off. . They cannot grasp or hold or any other sign of any weakness in one or more arms or legs. . keep crying. . Clear fluid or blood coming from their nose or ears. . Difficulty speaking or understanding what you say. . Any loss of balance or ability to walk. . Any vision problems or new hearing loss in one or more ears. . A severe headache that won't go away after all the remedies. . Any other symptoms that worry you.
  • 5. How to find more medical advice If you are concerned that your condition, or that of your child, is worsening (or not improving as expected) you should seek medical advice as : . During normal opening hours please contact your own registered GP practice. . Outside of your Doctor's opening hours you should call 111 who will advise you on the steps you should take next. . If you cannot get advice from above and you, or your child has urgent concerns, you can go back to the WIC you visited today. If this is not an option you can go to your nearest hospital Emergency Department (A&E). If you are concerned that you or the patient you are caring for has a life-threatening illness or injury you should call 999 .