Greetings Dr. My Baby Girl 6 Months Old Fell Down

Posted on Tue, 22 Oct 2019

Question: Greetings Dr. My baby girl 6 months old fell down from bed @ 2 feet height yesterday night in hard surface. she did cried and came back to normal within 5 minutes and started doing her regular activities. no any symptoms of vomiting or bruises. she had a sound sleep and woke up this morning and staying active. Taking food and playing normal. pls advise if we need to take her to clinic or any special care to be taken. thanks.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (19 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry

Detailed Answer:
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I have gone carefully through your query and understand your concerns. Let me assure you that going by the description things do not appear unusual. If 'head injury' occurs, it will not be without manifestations. The main concern could be the ominous signs of head injury which are:
* Vomiting
* Severe headache
* Altered consciousness or Loss of consciousness
* Convulsions

I assume that none of these have occurred. Unless any of these are present you need not worry. If any of these occur, you would need to get a CT scan of the brain done and visit a doctor.

Give paracetamol or acetaminophen in case the child is irritable due to pain.

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng