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My 16 month old boy has been holding his head and starts crying for the past few days. he ran into a table two days ago but he didn't cry when it happened so i didn't think anything of it. especially since i've taken him to the doctor several times when h

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Muscle spasm: I assume that the child is alert and active, eating, sleeping and playing normally. There should be no vomiting and mom should be able to assess pupil reaction. As long as they are the same size and his injury was several days ago, I would give him ibuprofen for 24 hours every 6 hours and if he did not seem to improve should be taken to his pediatrician.

Answered 10/6/2015

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See doctor and have: him checked asap. With the head trauma and holding his head and crying he should have a ct of the head,

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