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Head Trauma

Physical injury to the skull and brain that can cause neurological damage ranging from mild concussion to life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage.

Key Facts

Common causes include road traffic accidents, falls, animal attacks, and blunt force injury.
Signs range from disorientation and altered consciousness to seizures and coma.
Increased intracranial pressure is the primary life-threatening complication.

Head trauma is a common acquired cause of epilepsy.

Acute seizures may occur immediately after head trauma due to brain injury.

Neurological scoring (e.g., Modified Glasgow Coma Scale) guides triage and prognosis.