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Brain injuries can cause many symptoms, depending on the type of injury, its severity and its location in the head and inside the brain. The child’s neurological symptoms may include:

* Fainting (loss of consciousness)
* Lack of reaction
* Headache
* dizziness
* drowsiness
* Nausea and vomiting * confusion
* Difficulty walking
* Difficulty in speaking
* Memory loss (amnesia)
* Lack of coordination
* Irritable behavior
* Aggressive behavior
* Epilepsy (seizures)
* Numbness or weakness (paralysis) on a body part

In addition, physical signs may include:

* Bump, bruise or cut on the head
* Side visible collapse of the coup
* Black or blue pigmentation around the eyes or behind the ear
* Blood from the ear
* Fluid draining from the nose (this may be the clear fluid that bathes the brain and is filtered through the fractured skull near the nose).
* A prominent white spot between the skull bones (fontanelle) on a baby.

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