Concussions?
 

So I was a little bit drunk on some whiskey last night. I stood up too fast, got dizzy and fell. Well blacked out is more like it. I know I broke something cause I do remember hearing a window (or something glass) shatter. Now my freinds say I didn't break anything at all but fell and hit my head HARD on the concrete, said they heard my head bounce. And that I had a seizure (I don't remember a seizure and think they mistaked my blackout and trying to come out of it as a seizure, we were all a bit drunk and some of these boys aren't so bright) I have no history of seizures. My main question here is wether or not it is normal that pre-fall I was not sneezing, since the fall I have been sneezing off and on in uncontrollable bursts of about six or seven sneezes back to back and a few minutes later it starts over again...never longer than 30 minutes before an inset of sneezes. There's no knot on my head so I couldn't have hit as hard as they say (or so I've been told) So, in point, can a little bump on the head cause an onset of sneezing?

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I would be more concerned about the fact you *may* have had a seizure at this point in time.

Have you been to the ER or the Doctor?

I have no idea about the sneezing episodes I'm sorry.

No I haven't been to an ER. I feel fine, except for a headache and the sneezing. I mean there isn't even a knot I. The back of my head. I don't have insurance anyway. And I e already got a pretty high medical bill from busting my knee open several years ago and an ER visit a few months back. Already haven't been able to touch those bills yet and hospital visit is in no way cheap. I owe something like $50,000

First, You would not remember a seizure.

Second, Many concussions never have a knot on the head.

In looking for information about sneezing and concussions, there is nothing available.

You may have strained the olfactory nerve so it is hypersensitive. I suggest you forgo alcohol for a while. Your brain needs to recover.

You really need to consider getting health insurance. Your lifestyle sounds like it has plenty of risks with potential for needing health care. Otherwise, you risk an injury that leaves you in a painful state, that requires better care than one can get without insurance. You are already experiencing head aches. Head aches are not treated in ER visits and only ER's have to treat you even though you do not have insurance.

I hardly ever drink it was a rare occasion. I have no history of seizures...can a head impact cause one to happen? And you're absolutely right, they do have to treat me if I go, with or without health insurance...but that doesn't stop them from slamming me with an almost $20,000 bill for 6 pain killers, an ultrasound, and filter to pee through because of a kidney stone. Or $30,000 for two nights of IV antibiotics for a split open knee that became infected. I do need health insurance but my lifestyle generally consists of sitting in class, at home, or the woods hunting (ducks are my favorite lol). I know this isnt the place for that conversation though. Also, I had a friend tell me that hearing the sound of breaking glass wasn't a good thing...any thoughts on that?

Yes, a concussion can cause a seizure, especially if you lost consciousness.

I have never heard anything about hearing breaking glass. It may have been a tinnitus like auditory event.

The ER does not have to treat you for every ailment, only those that indicate a risk to life or health.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requires ER's to screen and stabilize patients to determine if the problem is a medical emergency, regardless of their ability to pay. The definition provided under the statute is: "A medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in ... placing the health of the individual in serious jeopardy, serious impairment to bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part."

Even the cheaper high deductible health plans are worthwhile because many include contract discounts for the fees you have to pay. Plus, they have maximum out of pocket amounts that can prevent financial disaster.

I can't imagine being active in the outdoors without health insurance. I have paid for my and my family's health insurance since 1976 and it has saved me plenty. Three knee surgeries, two ankle surgeries, sutures galore, concussion issues, broken foot bones and ankles, partially dislocated shoulders with therapy, expensive facial surgery for my daughter and wife (genetic). I bet I paid ten cents for every dollar of benefits I have received. It sure is easier to go see a doctor when you have only a $25 to $45 copay. Even the ER only costs us $150.