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my baby is 10month old..today morning he felt from the bed into the floor... back side of his head is swelling.. I applied ice but he is crying so I can't do it.. what should I do?? please suggest me..

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#AskTheExpert 
hi 
my baby is 10month old..today morning he felt from the bed into the floor... back side of his head is swelling..  I applied ice but he is crying so I can't do it.. what should I do?? please suggest me..

Accepted Answer

Any Fall injury specially head injury needs to be assessed properly . In any such case certain symptoms needs to be checked like loss of consciousness  reccurrent vomiting or any abnormal moment or convulsions . Such case needs  immediate medical intervention as there could be some internal injury . Otherwise application of ice locally to reduce the swelling and pain can be done along with some analgesic like paracetamol. 
Recurrent fall injury for a child should be avoided ads it can lead to some chronic manifestations occasionally .
Also teeth ifnjury should be rule out in any such case which is commonly associated  and can be easily missed out most of the time .

Accepted Answer

Ask the child to rest and apply something cold to the injury: Applying something cold to the injury for up to 20 minutes will reduce external swelling and pain.

#AskTheExpert hi my baby is 10month old..today morning he felt from the bed into the floor... back side of his head is swelling.. I applied ice but he is crying so I can't do it.. what should I do?? please suggest me..