[best answer!] I slipped backwards and hit my hard on the corner of my table! lymph node swollen?
This was yesterday, i had a few to drink, and I fell over twice because of a silk sheet a left on the ground and the first time i hit my chin and neck directly on the hard floor and then the second time i hit my head on the corner of the table, safe to say i moved that sheet but my head still hurts like crazy and has a big lump on it. What concerns me is my chin has swelled up the tiniest bit and has gone down to my collar bone and as i was feeling around to see if there was anything that felt fractured, i noticed a lymph node extremely swollen and tender like crazy! It has never been there before, but it is the most painful thing and not rock hard, but not squishy, it moves when a push hard over it. Could it just be inflamed from getting hit so hard? Im an 18 year old female. thanks.
Should i be concerned about squishy lumps around collar bone?
Hi, i have noticed for awhile a squishy lump around the middle of my collar bone that is moveable but doesnt not hurt. Lately though i have noticed more along the collar bone towards my neck, this area has become somewhat tender but nothing to noticeable. I read about possible cysts, tumors or cancer. Also fluid filled sacs but im not sure at this point how likely that is. Yesterday i was rolling my shoulder and neck to see if there was any pain centralized anywhere but nothing really out of the norm. Today my trap is a little sore but im sure its from yesterday. Also i have been laying alot these last two weeks on a crapy couch, on my left side with my neck and head up on the arm at a weird angle. I do not have health insurance yet and didnt want to rush off to an ER or clinic till i had a good idea wether i should or not. Thank you for your time
I fell and hard and bounced back my head off of the floor.?
Your symptoms indicate that it was a concussion. You should have seen a doctor right away instead of asking here. Since you have already survived a night, you have passed the most dangerous time. It takes time to get over the rest of the symptoms. I have a friend that had headaches for several months after a bad head hit (she did go to the doctor and after checking her out the doctor had a friend stay with her overnight to wake her up every couple hours to make sure it wasn't getting worse). She is a strong proponent of wearing helmets now. I also was acquainted (saw him occasionally while skating and chatted but didn't know him well) with a guy that died from hitting the back of his head when he fell backwards. He regained consciousness but died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The doctor said he would have survived if he had been wearing a helmet. Helmets may mess up your hair but that is better than messing up your head. Falling backwards is the worst way to fall. You either land hard on your tailbone or hit the back of your head. There is also a strong natural tendency to swing your arms back which results in broken wrists. Your posture while skating is important to avoiding backwards falls. If you try to stay straight up (common among beginners) it puts your balance too close to the back wheels and you end up falling backwards. Practice using the "Ready" position. It is similar to the position most athletes get into when they want to be able to shift their weight and move in any direction suddenly. Feet apart slightly. Elbows bent with hands forward. Knees and waist bent so that your nose, knees, and toes are in a vertical line. This moves your balance forward to the center of your feet and keeps it away from under your heels. It also help you get a good start by keeping your knees flexed. You skate better if they are flexed and you are loose.
Can sleeping with a fan running next to your face be dangerous? Can it cause suffocation? Is “fan death” true?
Fan death is a very rare phenomenon, and Koreans obviously use lots of fans during summer months. I have never come across someone who would not use a fan for fear of death. Most Koreans, however, will set the timer on the fan before sleeping and always keep a window open.The concept of fan death actually does make sense when explained. A blowing fan feels cool because it makes sweat evaporate faster. On hot and humid summer nights, the body will continuously sweat, and under a fan, even though the skin feels dry, sweat is still coming out, but it's instantly evaporating. Basically, a fan puts the body's cooling system on fast-forward, and it feels refreshing, but it uses a lot of water. The same thing happens with cyclists who feel like they haven't been sweating when in fact they have lost a lot of fluids which have been evaporated by the wind.Despite the potential for dehydration, this almost never becomes serious, and as long as the surrounding air is cool enough, a resting body will not sweat at all. The problem happens when a someone shuts all the windows and doors of a room, thinking that it will keep all the hot air out, and the fan will cool the room. What actually happens is that the room gets even more stuffy and heats up. The fan is then blowing hot air over the body, much like a convection oven. Unable to regulate temperature, the body sweats profusely until it dehydrates, and then things get a lot worse from there. Make it a drunk person who is already hot and dehydrated, or a kid or a grandparent, and there is potential for serious medical issues or worse case death.Returning to the question, dying by fan death is believed to be as rare as dying by lightning strike, except it's easily preventable by opening a window. This is what Koreans and many around the world do.