Today my lil brother head butted me in my nose. It hurts really bad and hasn't stopped since. He did it@ 6:06 and now it's 8:32 i took a pain killer and not it's wearing off. It's not crooked or anything.but it is still swollen. No bruising...is my nose broken, sprained. What is it? Oh and i feel dizzy ever since he did it...thank you and asks questions if it will give you a better answer
Hi abby! if you were not feeling dizzy I would suggest you wait until it was less swollen which can take some days. It can be hard to see if a nose is broken when it is still swollen. You didn't mention about bleeding, sometimes (but also not always) you have bleeding when you have a broken nose. But because of course the head of your brother hits your head (including nose) we call this concussion injury, and concussion injury with dizziness = going to see the doctor. A physical exam is necessary. It can also happen that the doctor will ask you to come back after 1 week to check it again.
Thank you and yea I've over had no bleeding... I've also had a concussion before...so could i have sprained it?
It is impossible to have a sprained nose, because sprain is a strecht of a ligament between two bones, and you don't have it in the nose.
Ooohhh... thanks that was very helpful :-)
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