This morning while dropping my child off at daycare I was coming out of my truck and slipped on ice and fell flat on y back, when I managed to get up my lower back and neck hurt. I didn t think I hit my head at the time, but when i got to work the back of my head hurt and was completely wet, assuming from the ice and water on the floor. I feel extremly sore but what is worrying me is the extreme headache I have. What do i do? Is this cause for concern?
Dear-thanks for using Chat Doctor and I read your question with care. The back and neck pain is secondary to the fall and can last few days. Due to the fact that you did not hit the head, we don't have to worry about a subdural or brain hematoma. However, the headache is because the acute body trauma, you can take analgesic as acetaminophen or ibuprofen for that. If your headache persists for more than 48 hrs or if you start having neurological changes as memory deficit, blurred vision or changes in the strength or numbness of your extremities, you should go to ER for a CT scan of the head. Otherwise, this is part of the result of a fall and should see the improvements in 72hrs. I hope that my advice has been helpful Chat Doctor.