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Memory loss due to head trauma

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Last Active: Jul 10, 2023 | Replies (50)

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I am from Bangalore(India). Last evening (19th May IST) my daughter of 10.5 years, fell while skating and hit her head.She appeared normal after that but started asking same question repeatedly like "what happened" every minute.I took her to hospital, where they did a CT scan and did not find any injury to brain.I am under lot of stress about here future. Please suggest what i should do?

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Did they say she has a concussion? If so, things will get better but it takes time and requires patience. She may need a break from school, time off from computer and phone screens and so on. It is excellent that they did not find a brain bleed. She is young and young brains are very resilient. It is called neuroplasticity.

Keep in touch with her doctor and a neurologist if available if concerns continue.

In the US there are concussion clinics. Not sure if you have that in India.

Is her neck okay?

When I was about 8, I fell and was knocked unconscious.

I have no recollection of the actual event. I don't even know how long I was out. I remember waking up later that evening and telling my mother I had a terrible headache. She said, "No wonder." I couldn't imagine why she would say that!

The next day, I was told about my accident.

That was nearly 60 years ago. I had no long-term effects from it, aside from the amnesia about the fall.

This was in the days before CT scans and trauma units; I just stayed home a couple of days and was fine.

It is not just that she is not able to remember the event. She is not able to remember any thing beyond couple of minutes.

@ranjeetshih I am glad you clarified that the memory issue is ongoing, not just of the event. Have you considered taking her to an ER with a good connection to neurology? She might need another CT scan followed by MRI. I am not saying that to scare you. Her brain may be suffering from severe concussion, which is not dangerous, and as I wrote before young brains tend to heal faster and better than older ones. If it is a concussion, maybe you can find a clinic or specialist who is good with that. The main thing is to make sure there is no brain bleed. It sounds unlikely and the memory issues existed at the same time that the CT was negative for bleeding.

My daughter had a brain bleed after being hit by a car (in the cerebellum mainly) and was in an induced coma, and didn't remember things for more than 3 months. But we don't know if that was from the injury or from the sedation. I totally get how you are feeling! She went on to get her PhD a few years later.

Hi Everyone

My daughter is behaving normally after she woke up today.
Everything is fine except she has no memory of from the time she hit her head to the time she fell asleep.
which is around 4-5 hours.
I am asked to consult the neurologist before MRI can be done.
I am going to see the neurologist tomorrow.

Hi

The day before yesterday a neurologist examined my daughter (asked her to walk, stand on one foot, eye movement test, adding numbers etc.). Asked us to keep her home for couple of more days and keep an eye on her and consult the doctor if any change in behavior (change in speech or walk). as of now she is normal.
thanks.

My wife fell at work and hit the front of her head on a stair>
She has lost all memory prior to the fall.

She does remember the fall and then loses days. She is 1.5 weeks in and getting a bit better remembering current activites but zero from the past. No Doctor knows what to do