How to make sure baby if unharmed after falling?
Patient: My 6 week old fell off the couch. After a few seconds of crying he started falling back asleep. I started feeling parts of him to see if he d react like he was injured but he didn t. He just went back to sleep. What else can I do to make sure he s ok? Is it ok for him to be sleeping now? Doctor: hi, in cases of head trauma there is high chances of brain injury. There are some symptoms which are found When brain injury occurs like persistent crying, seizues, persistent vomiting, bleeding from mouth or nose. If above symptoms are not present, then most of the times child does not have brain injury. However, it is better to get the child examined by a Neuro surgeon, and if required a CT scan of head should be done. I hope this will help you. Take care.