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amother
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Sun, Mar 10 2013, 9:01 am
My 5 year old son has black and blue marks. How can I tell if it's from bumps or something more serious?
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carpediem
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Sun, Mar 10 2013, 9:49 am
The only way to tell is to keep an eye out and see if more bruises come. Assuming that he's generally healthy and not on any medications it could be a vitamin deficiency, make sure he has enough vitamin B & C. If he continues to bruise, get some bloodwork done, just to be safe. Good luck
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shosh1
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Sun, Mar 10 2013, 10:04 am
If the marks are all only on his legs then it's probably nothing to worry about.If they are all over his body including inside his mouth I would take him to the doctor
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Eemaof3
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Sun, Mar 10 2013, 10:14 am
Where are the bruises? Are you concerned about his health or if there is abuse? If abuse is the question, google "Mandated reporter" and you can take a course to learn when to recognize abuse from normal bruising.
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amother
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Mon, Mar 11 2013, 8:41 am
rikkiw wrote: | The only way to tell is to keep an eye out and see if more bruises come. Assuming that he's generally healthy and not on any medications it could be a vitamin deficiency, make sure he has enough vitamin B & C. If he continues to bruise, get some bloodwork done, just to be safe. Good luck |
B'h, he's overall healthy.
shosh1 wrote: | If the marks are all only on his legs then it's probably nothing to worry about.If they are all over his body including inside his mouth I would take him to the doctor |
I've seen on his arms and I saw on his back, but he does a lot of roughhousing with his brothers. How can you tell if it's his mouth?
Eemaof3 wrote: | Where are the bruises? Are you concerned about his health or if there is abuse? If abuse is the question, google "Mandated reporter" and you can take a course to learn when to recognize abuse from normal bruising. |
No, I wasn't thinking of abuse at all. He's with me all the time except when he's at school and he had black and blue marks even when there wasn't any school.
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hbf
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Mon, Mar 11 2013, 9:11 am
Years again, a psychologist told me that if a child sometimes has bruises from regular day to day activity, then it means that the child is running around, interacting with friends and is happy.
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Chanie
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Mon, Mar 11 2013, 9:13 am
At that age, black and blue marks are usually harmless. My 6 year old is always covered in black and blue marks and I don't get alarmed, because I know he active he is.
I do know a bit about black and blue marks, as I have ITP, which is a blood disorder that I have too few platelets. The main visible symptom is black and blue marks. I was diagnosed at 10 when my mother noticed black and blue marks all over my body when I was trying on a bathing suit. Until that point she just assumed I was being active and therefore bang myself up. But the amount of black and blue marks I had was unnatural. Till today, I have times I have these marks, find that they especially come out around mikvah time and I've wondered many times if the mikvah lady thinks I'm being abused.
If u are worried you can take him in for a blood test, but I doubt it's anything more then an active by who bruises easily.
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amother
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Mon, Mar 11 2013, 10:51 am
Thank you everybody! You calmed me down. The one on the back gave me a fright. After reading the responses I remembered that he and his brothers jump on top of one another. They think it's fun .
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