A large bump on the head is usually a scalp hematoma, which needs to go to the hospital for a head CT to rule out skull fracture and intracranial hemorrhage. Simple scalp hematoma can be treated by physical therapy, medication and surgery.
1. Physiotherapy: early cold compresses to reduce bleeding and pain, and hot compresses after 72 hours to promote hematoma absorption. The hematoma can be bandaged with pressure, and the patient should not rub hard to avoid increasing bleeding.
2. Drug treatment: patients with more serious pain can be appropriate under the guidance of the doctor to apply painkillers, such as ibuprofen, etc.; hematoma if combined with infection can be prescribed antibiotics, such as cefixime tablets.
3. Surgery: when the patient has a large hematoma or hematoma 2 weeks later still can not be absorbed, feasible puncture aspiration, most patients can be relieved by surgical treatment of symptoms.
Scalp hematoma need to go to the hospital, the physician according to the patient’s condition for treatment, do not take medication without authorization.