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Light Bleeding Seen In The Nose After A Bad Hit In An Infant Is A Cause Of Concern?

my grand daughter is 8 month old she fell down about 3 feet height and she got hit on the head, my daughter took her to the hospital and the doctor sent her home and ask the to check for problems showing up later on and a few hours later the baby had a little bit of blood coming out her nose my daughter went back to the hospital just now
Fri, 21 Feb 2014
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Hello,
The baby should undergo a CT scan to see if there is any hematoma inside the skull. You have to insist on that to be sure nothing is going to happen.
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Light Bleeding Seen In The Nose After A Bad Hit In An Infant Is A Cause Of Concern?

Hello, The baby should undergo a CT scan to see if there is any hematoma inside the skull. You have to insist on that to be sure nothing is going to happen.