Hi, Last Thursday My Lil Boy, Who Is Almost 1

Posted on Wed, 28 Nov 2018

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Question : hi, last thursday my lil boy, who is almost 1 took a fall. he was stand with his highchair when he lost his balance and fell backwards on his back pull the high chair on his face. He cried striaght away, I quickly picked him up and gave him cuddles, and he calmed down quite quickly. i monited him for the rest of the day, No brusining, no lump or bumps and no drowiness. He seems completely normal but ever i would say 2nd day( if that ) he has had a lil bit of blood in his snot. Bot much at all and not like a nose bleed just a lil in his snot. should i be concerned? his a bit cranky coz of teething, but otherwise he seems fine.
thank u

Answered by Dr. Arnold Zedd (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
condition of infant after a fall

Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr. Haynes, and welcome back to Ask a Doctor. I have read your query and here is my advice.
First of all I wish to commend you on how well you monitored your infant
following his fall.
The standard symptoms to watch for after a fall are:
-loss of consciousness
-vomiting
-seizure activity
-blood draining from ear
-CLEAR fluid draining from nose
-eyes not lined up together

Fortunately you say he acts normally. Could he cruise around furniture,
have neat pincer grasp, understand the word, "no", before the fall and now after the fall?
I will wait for your response.
The small amount of blood coming out of his nostril is mostly from the rupture of a tiny blood vessel(s) on the inside lining of his nose. And will stop on its own.
Arnold Zedd, MD

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