What Are the Signs and Symptoms of a Brain Injury?
Signs of a TBI include:
- Confusion
- Depression
- Dizziness or balance problems
- Double or fuzzy vision
- Feeling foggy or groggy
- Feeling sluggish or tired
- Headache
- Memory loss
- Nausea
- Sensitivity to light or noise
- Sleep disturbance
- Trouble concentrating
- Trouble remembering
Indications that a head injury is more serious than a concussion and requires emergency treatment include:
- Changes in size of pupils
- Clear or bloody fluid draining from the nose, mouth, or ears
- Convulsions
- Distorted facial features
- Facial bruising
- Fracture in the skull or face
- Impaired hearing, smell, taste, or vision
- Inability to move one or more limbs
- Irritability
- Light headache
- Loss of consciousness
- Low breathing rate
- Restlessness, clumsiness, or lack of coordination
- Severe headache
- Slurred speech or blurred vision
- Stiff neck or vomiting
- Sudden worsening of symptoms after initial improvement
- Swelling at the site of the injury
- Persistent vomiting
