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Is Fever Related To The Head Injury In Child?
Hi, my son hit his backhead on the bath tub and has a nose bleed only on one nose. Then 2 days later he has a very high temperature until 39.9! I gave him nuerufen and calpol alternate, every other 2 hours, it seems that his fever is going down only to 37.7, and up again! I was able to go to emergency and was advise that the fever and hitting his head has different reasons! But he has no colds or cuts anywhere!im a bit worry about this! Do i have to go back to emergency and ask for refferal to have his brain sacn?
Fri, 5 Dec 2014
Hi...your son's injury was at the back of the head but his bleeding was form the nose. This suggests that injury had a concussion component. One more issue is that high fever may be due to internal bleed too. i suggest you take him to emergency room immediately and get him evaluated.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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