Suggest Remedy For Vomiting And Excessive Crying In A Child After A Fall

Posted on Sat, 21 May 2016

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Question : Dear Sir,

My daughter is 3.6 months old she was sleeping and suddenly fell off the bed. On hearing the sound and her cry we got up and saw she was crying loudly and on the floor. We picked her up and tried to see what went wrong , but did not see any bruise or swelling on the head, due to crying perhaps she vomitted and suddenly her cry roared again for 5 mins seeing the mess.

We cleaned up and suddenly she stopped crying we gave her some water to drink , calpol 5 ml / 250 mg one dose , and arnica 30 homeopatheic medicine.

Now she is sleeping so should we worry as internet sources i am reading and getting confused . Please help me .

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Ultrasound head should be done

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to this forum.
Can understand your concerns.

Trauma to head by falling can lead to brain injury.

If there is loss of consciousness, bleeding from mouth or nose, seizures or persistent vomiting then chances of brain injury are there.

In your case, there is one episode of vomiting and nothing else. So, we have to do an ultrasound head to look for any brain injury. If necessary an MRI brain also needs to be done.

If ultrasound head comes normal then there is no need of MRI.

I hope this will help you.
Wishing your child good health.
Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T