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Would you get this checked out?

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13 years 6 months ago #26079 by grasshopper
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My 5 year old feel and hit her hip yesterday at school. She has a big black and purple bruise which is normal , but it is swollen just like a golf ball. I'm pretty sure it's fine but a small part of me is a little concerned and I just need reasurance that I don't need to get it checked. What do you think? By the way I'm guessing her count is about 20.

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13 years 6 months ago #26086 by bell1138
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Hello Grasshooper ... It is probably nothing but with a count of 20 I would definitely go and get it checked out. It wouldn't hurt.
Your daughter only has itp? I would like to talk to you. I have a 6 year old girl who has been recently diagnosed with itp and I'm so stressed out. I would get it checked just to be safe. Does she have any other bruising or petichea?

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13 years 6 months ago #26098 by Dean
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grasshopper wrote: My 5 year old feel and hit her hip yesterday at school. She has a big black and purple bruise which is normal , but it is swollen just like a golf ball. I'm pretty sure it's fine but a small part of me is a little concerned and I just need reasurance that I don't need to get it checked. What do you think? By the way I'm guessing her count is about 20.


With a count in the 20k range, I would suggest getting it checked. The golf ball size lump tell me that there may be a bleed that is not clotting.
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13 years 6 months ago #26118 by Sandi
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Sounds like a hematoma. They usually resolve, but it never hurts to get checked out.

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13 years 6 months ago #26119 by Brandi
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Definitely wouldn't hurt to get it checked out. If my son gets a bruise from an injury (and not just one that shows up) there is usually a lump with it. Even with counts in the 30's and 40's. But it goes down when we put ice on it. So you could try that in the mean time.
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Mom of 3 amazing boys (ages 10, 5/dx ITP 01/2012, and 9 months old)

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