Hi, My son is 10 months old and when he was 7 mo he hit his head on my metal dresser handle.He never really had a bruise but got a hard like bone bump right between his eyebrows.The bump has never got any smaller, im very concerned that it could be permanent.Ive done alot of research and think that it could be a bone bruise but will it ever go away?Hoping to get some answers from moms who have had this experience.Thank You
No, it dont move its just hard bone.
Does it move around at all?
Or will it not move?
If it moves around, you may want to take him to the doctor to make sure it has not developed a cyst.
If it is hard and will not move at all it could be on the bone and the next time you go, mention that to the doctor.. That may be permanent. But as he gets older and his head a face get larger, it will not be as obvious.
Have your pediatrician check it at your next visit.
Often times, when a child hits a bone, it is similar to you hitting a young sapling with an axe, or carving one's initials into the bark of a tree, a scar forms at the injury site.
The bones are actively and quickly growing and the head in particular is not fused. My hunch is that your son's skull grew a protective boney callous over the injured bump location and it will take several months for the hard bump to be re-absorbed.
On a personal note, this happened to my daughter, around the 3rd grade, she was running up a flight of wooden stair, slipped and hit her chin bone. Her leg grew a very large boney bump. It was scary as the doctors thought it was a very serious bone cancer, as it had an active nuclear center, producing cells on it's own....but turned out to be her young bodies way of healing itself.
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I see this is the second time you posted about this.
I would talk to my pediatrician to see what he/she thinks. A bruise is a discoloration - not a bump.
It could be that the swelling from his the hit to his head didn't dissipate and it's turned into a cyst...since you say it doesn't move...most likely not.
When he goes in for his 11 month or 1 year well child check up - make your list of things to talk to the doctor about and make sure that is on the list. They may order an XRAY or an MRI to see what happened beneath the skin.
If it's not bothering him - stop fretting over it - i know easier said than done - but just put it on the list to talk to the doctor about.
What does his pediatrician say?
My son hit his forehead quite hard when he was 5 years old, it left a bump, he is now 24 years old and the bump is still there. Doctor said there was nothing we could do about it and not to worry about it. At the next doctor appointment, if I were you, I would talk to the doctor about it just to be sure.
I would take him to be seen.
My daughter fell when she was about 6 months and hit her head on the coffee table. Left a huge goose egg ( about the size of a quarter) on her forehead right below her hair line above her left eye. Before it could go away she fell a second time and hit her head on the floor.
I had her checked out and they said she was fine. At her 9 month check up they said it should go down, but will take some time.
She is 3 and its finally going away and isn't noticable! We only notice it because we know its there.
