A 54-year-old member asked:

if a 9 mo. old has a skull fracture, can playing "bouncy-bouncy" on your leg, (baby's rear lifts off mommy's leg, baby's head flops) cause injury?

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Dr. Robert Greer answered

Family Medicine 44 years experience

Yes: Skull fractures don't come from "bouncy-bouncy".And this may well be "abuse".

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Dr. Richard Pollard answered

Anesthesiology 30 years experience

See below: If the child has a skull fracture i would be extremely careful of doing anything that could aggravate this injury.

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A 34-year-old member asked:

My 5 year old son suffered a 4 1/2 inch long skull fracture @ 14 mts when some1 pulled a cart out from under him. He now has head tics, is it related?

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A female asked:

My 6m old fell 2ft from the bed on to tile floor. Has a large squishy bump on side of head but acting completely normal. Is it a skull fracture?

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A 55-year-old female asked:

Fractured head of fibula 3mons. ago in a fall, still having pain in knee and lower leg.swelling behind knee.hurts all the time more when I stand long?

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A 28-year-old female asked:

Today I stood up and hit my head on an open cabinet door (the sharp corner). Could this cause a brain aneurysm to form? Or a closed skull fracture?

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A 21-year-old female asked:

I fractured my growth plate at 8 years old and have sprained and hair line fractured my ankle countless times since. I've had no injury in over a year, why is it that I have had CONSTANT pain and swelling.?

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