Question
At dawn, an infant fell from a baby bed, hitting the forehead. There was crying at the time, and later it was found that there was a red swelling on the right forehead, which gradually subsided a few hours later, leaving only a small bruise four days later. What symptoms might a baby’s intracranial hemorrhage present?
Answer
Hello, generally speaking, intracranial hemorrhage may be accompanied by symptoms such as fever, headache, swelling of the optic nerve head, or coma. Based on your description of the baby’s condition after falling from the bed, it is unlikely to have caused intracranial hemorrhage, and the most severe possibility would be a mild concussion. For most families, the height from which an infant falls from a bed usually does not exceed fifty to sixty centimeters, so the baby is unlikely to suffer serious injury.