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Child Has Bruise In Groin. Knot Under Skin. Hurts To Push

my daughter is eigh years old. Last week she got a big bruise on her groin area.n It is healing , but today I noticed there is a small knot under the skin where the bruise was. It is about the size of a pea and it s located just to the left of her labia . She says it hurts when I push on it. My email adrees is YYYY@YYYY
Mon, 26 Nov 2012
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Hi

Was she injured in her groin? You have not mentioned how she got the bruise.

The knot you see under the skin may be due to
- Injury as such due to direct impact.
- Infection of the skin
- lymph node enlargement secondary to injury and infection.

Unless one examines, its difficult to tell what exactly the swelling is.
If due to infection, antibacterial ointments like Mupirocin for a week will be of help along with Acetaminophen orally in a dose of 15mg/kg/dose repeated every 6 hours for pain.

If its persistent and troubles her its better to have a word with your doctor.
hope my answer helps you.
All the best.
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Child Has Bruise In Groin. Knot Under Skin. Hurts To Push

Hi Was she injured in her groin? You have not mentioned how she got the bruise. The knot you see under the skin may be due to - Injury as such due to direct impact. - Infection of the skin - lymph node enlargement secondary to injury and infection. Unless one examines, its difficult to tell what exactly the swelling is. If due to infection, antibacterial ointments like Mupirocin for a week will be of help along with Acetaminophen orally in a dose of 15mg/kg/dose repeated every 6 hours for pain. If its persistent and troubles her its better to have a word with your doctor. hope my answer helps you. All the best.