Today At About 2pm, I Hit My Forehead Really Hard. Now Tonight At About 8pm, I Noticed It Was Swelled And Red And Sore. Will An Icepack Help It Or If Not What Should I Do?

A swelling and soreness is the natural outcome of a hard hit or a fall. The trauma of the impact is what causes the swelling of the tissue; it should go down in some time.

There is one thing that you should be very careful about. Since this is the forehead we are talking about, it is very possible that there may be an internal injury, may be a haemorrhage, that could result in something much more serious, e.g. an internal haemorrhage, a clot in the brain, or a cerebral stroke. That is serious stuff, and therefore the first thing you need to do is go to a doctor immediately and get a CT scan and an X-ray done to ensure nothing serious is going on inside as a result of the hit.

Simultaneously, you can apply an ice pack, though that should have been done much earlier, right after the hit. That would have been more effective than applying an ice pack a few hours after the incident. But as they say, better late than never!

Since someone just recently died from that be aware of the warning signs. If you feel sick to your stomach, headache or dizziness or get very tired for no reason - go to the emergency room immediately!! These could signal bleeding inside the head. If you have none of these symptoms, put an ice pack on to reduce the swelling - frozen veggies make excellent ice packs.

Put ice on it

Usually an ice pack does help to take down the swelling but it is generally better to use it straight after you knock yourself. It would be worth a try to see if it will elimite the pain even just slightly. You may want to book an appointment with a doctor just to be on the safe side as an head injury can be serious even if you think that you have only knocked it. So it is always better to be safe than sorry. For now though if an ice pack doesn't work, try and take some strong painkillers and that may help to take the pain away. Have plenty of rest and do not do anything too vigorous. It is possible that you may have concussion and by not resting you could make things worse. So, book an appointment with a doctor and try an ice pack to see if it helps. If not take painkillers and try and rest as much as possible. That is all that you can really do.

I hit my forehead above my eye really hard.  My eye completely blacked out, top and bottom.  The place where I hit on my forehead is sore to the touch yet not bruised and a little swollen. Is there anything I can do to reduce the time my eye is blacked out and what should I look for to let me know I didn't do more damage inside my head?

Really nothing. Just don't put nothing on it.

What do you do if a trunk door hit you in the head? What do you do if there is pain on the spot, but no bump?

I'm so scared yesterday my brother and I were wrestling and he accidentally punched me in the right side of my forehead close to my eye and yesterday I got tired quick and now my stomach is hurting PLZ HELP!!!!