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How To Treat Soreness At Back Of Head Caused After Injury?
neighbours 4 yo child fell of rocking horsing. not knocked out. mother saw whole thing. hit floorboards. hit back of head. instant nose bleed. now on to 3rd face washer to stop bleeding (not sure how soaked they were). by the time got to my house bleeding had stopped. he says back of head is sore. what should I tell her to look out for please ?
Mon, 18 Jan 2016
Hi,
Since pain could be because of swelling and inflammatory effect of hit.Since he had nose bleeding right after the hit on back of head ,I would suggest to get him checked by neurologist and discuss if he needs CT scan.
Hopefully my answer will be helpfull.
Best regards,
Dr.Maheshwari
Since pain could be because of swelling and inflammatory effect of hit.Since he had nose bleeding right after the hit on back of head ,I would suggest to get him checked by neurologist and discuss if he needs CT scan.
Hopefully my answer will be helpfull.
Best regards,
Dr.Maheshwari
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