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Should Child Be Taken To The Hospital For Pain In Head When Moving Neck After Fall?

my grandson fell from some monkey type bars at school about 5-6 feet landed flat on his back and back of head-he seems ok now,but says the middle of his back hurts when he moves his head..
should i take him in to hosptal?this happened aprox 5 hours ago
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
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Yes you should take the child to the hospital for proper evaluation of injury and further management...

Dr. Ashish Verma
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Should Child Be Taken To The Hospital For Pain In Head When Moving Neck After Fall?

Yes you should take the child to the hospital for proper evaluation of injury and further management... Dr. Ashish Verma