Am I unreasonable to not take daughter to hospital?

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My daughter has a balloon of a hand. It's extremely bruised and swollen. However, she has no problem moving it and just slight pain when it's proded at. Absolutely no pain moving it.

My mum thinks I should take her and she will have to end up taking her

Opinions please?

Jesus Christ. Straight to hospital. You can still move limbs / digits with broken bones.

Hands are:

Complicated with lots small bones, joints, tendons etc.

Relatively delicate.

Really fucking important for day to day life.

I would not take chances with a child's hand, if it's swollen like a balloon it needs checking.

No, I would ice and elevate, and see tomorrow:

As long as she has sensation and movement, and not in serious pain, or at least pain controllable by standard dose appropriate pain killer then I wouldn’t be heading to A and E.

Go to minor injuries especially if it is her dominant hand.

@1CantPickAName all sorts. If there are broken bones and they can't treat it today, they'll book her in to the fracture clinic for when the swelling reduces. If it's just serious bruising, I'd imagine they'll give first aid advice beyond Calpol for an 11yo.

I did that recently and it was a broken bone in my hand, needed my fingers strapped while it healed to avoid it moving and causing further damage.
It didn't hurt like I'd have expected but did swell impressively. Ibuprofen helped a lot with the swelling but I'd definitely get it xrayed.

I broke my ankle once, went to hospital and was told because I could move it, it would be fine. I went back a few weeks later because it wasn't getting any better and it was broken. Not all breaks mean not being able to move it. I'd take her just to be sure :)

If it’s broken what can a & e do?

They can re set and splint any misplaced bones.

They can refer to a surgeon if necessary.

They can prevent permanent loss of the ability to move her hand normally and feel things normally, which post people use constantly on a daily basis.

Can she clap? That was the test given to my child. Although she could move her hand, etc she could not clap and lo, her wrist was broken (though not swollen so not the same thing)

A & E stands for accident and emergency, shes had an accident which has caused her hand to swell and bruise, I think that's an appropriate use of A & E

I was advised never to leave a child's hand injury too long without it being checked. Children's hands/fingers can be permanently damaged very easily.

This can’t be serious.
Your child has a balloon hand which she caught in a door and you don’t think it needs looking at?

I’m a doctor.

Go to A&E.

If it’s broken what can a & e do?

You’re right. OP consult a witch doctor instead

I’m with Moody. Ie. If you are concerned enough to ask,the question, then you should go.

Go to a&e 🤦🏻‍♀️
Ffs

Are you going to take her

YABVU. You are her parent, you make decisions on her behalf and she clearly has quite a nasty injury. Take her to A&E.

@Hidillyho that is awesome 👏

Whatjusthappenedthere I can absolutely guarantee that your BIL would have done more than just check movement in the fingers and wrist, even if you weren’t aware of it. He’ll have been looking at the swelling, any bruising, taking pain into account, sensation in the hand, etc. All of that information would have informed the final judgement he made, so it’s pretty irresponsible to suggest that someone who is totally untrained would be able to make the same judgement just by wiggling the hand.

OP I would take her in, better safe than sorry.

Ring 111, do what they say?

"My mum thinks I should take her and she will have to end up taking her"

So does that mean your mum thinks she should take her? Why are you
about that? I don't understand your attitude at all.

Oh course YABU!! An injured child needs medical attention.

I would go. When ever i've taken a child with a suspected break we've always been seen pretty quickly into x-ray after triage.

Full disclosure: my dd caught her hand in the bathroom door and I did take her to a&e, nothing wrong.

OP, take her just incase, you will hate yourself if anything serious has happened.

*thanks mn for reality check