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Does Falling From Height Cause Future Complications In Children?

hello doctor
My child is now 4 years old. Height 95 cm and weight 15 kg. She had fallen from bed two times , once when she was 5 months and then when she was 9 months. We had taken her to the doctor and they said that there is nothing to worry and its normal for kids to fall. I just wanted to know if there are any risk factors because of falling down. Thank you
Reshmi.
Wed, 28 May 2014
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Welcome to the healthcaremagic
No.
Head injury is of two types.External which is seen.Internal injury causing bleeding. It manifests within 7 days.Since both the times nothing happened after fall you forget about it.If something would have shown that time then it would caused long term effect.Falling from head normally doesn't cause internal bleeding
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Does Falling From Height Cause Future Complications In Children?

Hi Welcome to the healthcaremagic No. Head injury is of two types.External which is seen.Internal injury causing bleeding. It manifests within 7 days.Since both the times nothing happened after fall you forget about it.If something would have shown that time then it would caused long term effect.Falling from head normally doesn t cause internal bleeding Happy to help you Best regards