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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 465
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR, FELT SOMETHING POP IN NECK DX NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT BRUSHED HAIR, ONSET SEVERE NECK PAIN. DX-NECK SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| COMBING HAIR AND COMB GOT STUCK HURT NECK WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE COMB OUT OF HIS HAIR,AT ER FOR UNRESOLVING NECK PAIN; ACUTE NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND HAD A TANGLE AND ROLLED NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT PLAYING WITH RAT-TAILED COMB TONIGHT, FELL & END OF COMB WENT INTO L SIDE OF NECK. DX: SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR & SHE FELT A SNAP IN LT SIDE OF HER NECK HAS PAIN & INABILITY TO TURN HEAD. DX - CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS RUNNING WITH A COMB & FELL HURTING NECK DX: NECK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| C/O NECK PAIN AFTER COMBING HAIR DX: CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK PAIN-STARTED WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT'S NECK POPPED WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX-CERVICAL NECK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AT HOME TWISTED HEAD TO GET TO THE HAIRBRUSH AND FELT A POP IN NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| DX NECK STRAIN: COMBING HAIR AT HOME, TWISTED NECK FUNNY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 44 YO FEMALE FELT A POP WHILE BRUSHING HAIR ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 10 YOF HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE HAIR WAS BEING BR USHED BY MOTHER AND FELL, C/O NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WAS BRUSHING HAIR W/R ARM, FELT SOMETING POP ON R SIDE OF NECK. DX. ST RAIN NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT C/O NECK & UPPER BACK PAIN SINCE BRUSHING HER HAIR - CERVICAL STR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT TURNED HEAD FAST TO LOOK AT SOMETHING WHILE COMBING HAIR, INJURIED N ECK SUSTAINED" CERVICAL STRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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