# Can a blow to the head damage the brain?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blow-to-the-head-damage-the-brain/599969 "2011-10-17T22:04:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blow-to-the-head-damage-the-brain/599969/61 "2011-11-03T14:01:14Z")

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> [@anon11](#):
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> Thanks, I guess this is a subject that shall remain inconclusive.

Why do you say that, when the study which much of this thread has discussed showed a definite link?

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blow-to-the-head-damage-the-brain/599969/62 "2011-11-03T15:51:22Z")

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I think the damage measured in soccer players would have occurred through clashes of heads and elbows to the head, as isaiahrobinson inferred.

If you play soccer over a long period of time you will experiences clashes of the head and elbows. I have, many times.

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**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blow-to-the-head-damage-the-brain/599969/63 "2011-11-09T18:40:09Z")

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> [@anon11](#):
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> I once stayed in a house with low roofs and doors. I must have bashed my head 10-15 times that day. Could damage occur in these circumstances.

Just to add there was loud music, which made me disorientated. With every blow I became more dizzy and sleepy. I went to bed in the early evening that day. Should I be seeing a doctor about this event?

Thanks

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