Steeler fan dies in altercation with Cowboy fan :(

This is a pretty subjective thing, but if you had symptoms like an extreme headache, problems with speech or mobility, or other more obvious signs of serious problems after a head injury, a Dr. might want to do a CT scan (or you could push for one), which could reveal a clot or bleeding. They would either decide to operate or try to control it with medicine.

 

A lot of acute head injuries, especially ones from fighting, happen when alcohol is involved, so some symptoms are probably harder to realize or diagnose.

 

They really are. I've had a few concussions, (well, maybe more, but a few diagnosed ones- one being a grade 3) and I can say that they are all different. My little girl was getting into the pool at the YMCA and slipped on the tile. She hit her head, cried for a minute, but seemed fine.

After the lifeguards observed her for a while, they let her go back in, but I watched her like a hawk because I knew how those symptoms could flip like a switch. She was fine for an hour or so after, but sure enough she started complaining of feeling sick, and was in the ER an hour later. She ended up being fine as it was a low grade concussion, but you just never know with head injuries.

The story I mentioned earlier probably changed my life actually. That happened a very long time ago, and when I was a younger man I guess you could say I was pretty pugnacious. I hung out with hockey players on weekends and fights at parties or bars were pretty regular. Anyway, after that happened I always just walked away, because I saw what could happen to someone if you hit them just right.