Face planked... GP?

[Zube]

Really feeling very stupid. I was standing up a grass verge last night (sober) and didn't realise that one side was a vertical drop - the side we'd walked up was sloped. I stood off it face planked onto concrete.

Felt fine but now feel like I have the worst case of sinusitis ever. Have got a dentist appointment for tomorrow to get teeth cheeked out (they went into my lips). Basically, theres a small scrape on my nose and no bruising, but the pain is horrific.

Is it knobful to make a GP appointment as well?

(Also, if anyone has suggestions that will alleviate the pain please hit me with them).

Minor injuries is the most appropriate or accident (you've had one) &emergency.

Oh no poor you ! I would get checked out hopefully it's just bruising etc

You have a head injury. There is swelling and you’re in a lot of pain. I mean this nicely but please stop being silly! Nobody is going to tell you that you went to A&E unnecessarily, I promise you. When I had First Aid training they told us that any knock to the head needed to be taken VERY seriously and that we should send people to A&E if in any doubt.

If you really aren’t convinced then do call 111 first but I’d be surprised if they don’t say the same thing.

It hasn't even been 24 hours so lack of bruising is not a reliable indication you've escaped unscathed.

I'd go to our minor injuries unit but if you don't have one of those locally I'd go to a&e as you would've hit your face/head quite hard by the sounds of it.

Thank you everyone - Im in A and E with a bloody lovely doctor and nurse team looking after me. I did explain that i felt like a dick because of the lack of bruising and the doctor explained that a lack of bruising may be good or bad.

Hope you feel better soon!

We X ray facial bones if a fracture is suspected of the orbits etc but if it's just a fracture of the nose that's expected then it wouldn't be xrayed.

You poor thing, what a shock you must have got. Glad you're getting seen.

You've gone to the right place OP hope you are OK

You’ve done the right thing. I definitely would have said a and e.

I know someone who haf a substantial outside fall and they then got up and went home but were in pain, didn't tell anyone. Next day they decided to go to A+E and an X-ray showed they had fractured their neck. After a stay in hospital and a brace for six weeks it healed up. I'd go and get this checked. No point playing it down as you never know.

Good to see you're at A+E.

Hope you get some decent pain relief soon and haven't hurt yourself too badly

The maxilla is the upper jaw, the cheek bone is the zygomatic arch.

Hope you’re ok OP.

Maybe go to a minor injuries clinic

Glad to see you went to A&E, with that type of injury you're in the right place. Plus you'll get the better painkillers.

Sorry have just seen your in a+e good call hope everything is okay

I'm glad you've gone in. Hope they sort you out quickly and that you get some decent pain relief!

X-rays are always taken from at least two angles no matter what part of the body it is and regardless of the severity of the fracture

you poor thing!

I hope it all turns out okay. I came along to say please go along....just always best to check.

I hope you’re alright / it’s nothing serious. And I’m so glad you want to the A&E.

lack of bruising may be good or bad.

Yep, things like that have happened to me rather often.
‘But I still managed to walk home and it doesn’t hurt that much.’

‘Well, that may be good or bad. Let’s have a look.’

@Zube I hope you're OK, and not too hurt. Hope it isn't serious and you feel OK soon.

Oh and YANBU to go to A & E. As a pp said, I have also heard extreme cases of people leaving it, and finding out many months later that they had a broken neck or something. And it was never right again, because it wasn't sorted at the time.

All the best. Hope you're OK soon...

@Zube I hope you're OK, and not too hurt. Hope it isn't serious and you feel OK soon.

Oh and YANBU to go to A & E. As a pp said, I have also heard extreme cases of people leaving it, and finding out many months later that they had a broken neck or something. And it was never right again, because it wasn't sorted at the time.

All the best. Hope you're OK soon...