My son is 2 years old (March 3rd) he feel down the stairs and landed on the side of his forehead on hard tile. Usually I don t worry. He is a boy and a toddler, he had fallen many times. there was a pretty big bump right away. He cried longer then usual and kept saying that out hurt sop I have him some children s ibuprofen and iced the bump as long as he let me. He took a long 2 1/2 hour nap after a while. Now, 10 hours later, he has a fever of 100.6 (armpit). I m just worried his head injury has something to do with his fever. Is this possible? Should I be worried? It s past midnight and I m scared to fall asleep.
Hi... I appreciate your confidence in the management of the kid. Usually head injury should not cause fever. But I take this opportunity to tell you about the danger signs of head injury - 1. Vomiting continuously2. Seizures3. Watery of bloody discharge from ears and nose4. Unconsciousness5. Altered sensorial or behavior. If none of them are present, I don't think you should worry about his trivial head injury. For pain, you can give oral Paracetamol in the dose of 15\u00a0mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly. Hope my answer was helpful for you.  I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Chat Doctor are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.