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Suggest Remedy For A Big Lump On The Forehead Caused Due To A Fall
My son is 2 years old (March 3rd) he feel down the stairs and landed on the side of his forehead on hard tile. Usually I don t worry. He is a boy and a toddler, he had fallen many times. there was a pretty big bump right away. He cried longer then usual and kept saying that out hurt sop I have him some children s ibuprofen and iced the bump as long as he let me. He took a long 2 1/2 hour nap after a while. Now, 10 hours later, he has a fever of 100.6 (armpit). I m just worried his head injury has something to do with his fever. Is this possible? Should I be worried? It s past midnight and I m scared to fall asleep.
Thu, 7 Aug 2014
Hi...I appreciate your confidence in the management of the kid. Usually head injury should not cause fever. But I take this opportunity to tell you about the danger signs of head injury -
1. Vomiting continuously
2. Seizures
3. Watery of bloody discharge from ears and nose
4. Unconsciousness
5. Altered sensorium or behaviour.
If none of them are present, I don't think you should worry about his trivial head injury. For pain you can give oral Paracetamol in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly.
Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
1. Vomiting continuously
2. Seizures
3. Watery of bloody discharge from ears and nose
4. Unconsciousness
5. Altered sensorium or behaviour.
If none of them are present, I don't think you should worry about his trivial head injury. For pain you can give oral Paracetamol in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly.
Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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