If You Bang Yourself Really Hard On The Temples, Will You Die?

17 January 2017, 17:24

If you bang yourself really hard on the temples, will you die?

Mystery Hour Question

If you bang yourself really hard on the temples, will you die?

Ian, Redhill

Answer

Name: Trevor, Rochester

Qualification: Osteopath

Answer: Yes you could: there’s a very dangerous spot on your head where the bone is very thin, and underneath that there is an artery called the middle meningeal artery, so if you do get hit there it can damage the artery and you could get a brain bleed.