Symptoms of a subdural haematoma

The symptoms of asubdural haematomacan develop soon after a severe head injury, or gradually over days or weeks after a more minor head injury. Sometimes you may not remember hitting your head at all. Symptoms of a subdural haematoma can include: a Headaches that keeps getting worse feeling and being sick confusion personality changes, such as being unusually aggressive or having rapid mood swings feeling drowsy and finding it difficult to keep your eyes open speech problems, such as slurred speech problems with your vision, such asdouble vision paralysis (loss of movement) on one side of the body problems walking and frequent falls seizures (fits) loss of consciousness These symptoms can often be mistaken for other conditions, such as strokes , infections or dementia . What to do You should always seekemergency medical treatment after a severe head injury . Go to your nearest accident and emergency (A&E) department , or dial 999 to request an ambulance. If you develop the symptoms above any time after a minor head injury, or if you don't remember hitting your head, you should also go to your nearest A&E department or call 999 for an ambulance as soon as possible. A subdural haematoma can be very serious and needs to be assessed as quickly as possible. .