Why is the doctor concerned about my babies little birth Mark on her finger?

[Samraves]

Hi,

I probably should have asked the doctor this.... But
at my dd's 8 week check as I was about to leave I thought I may as well mention the purple / red birth Mark on my dd's finger. It is small- but covers the tip of her finger. I mentioned it purely to put on record as it looks a bit like I have caught her finger in something and injured her!

The dr made a note and said she would mention it to her colleagues. I didn't think about it, bit when I picked up her health book there was a note, saying please monitor it and she would review it in 3-6 months, but if it changed in any way, then to bring dd in immediately!

This worried me- how dangerous can a birth Mark me that would require me to bring her in straight away!!!

Any ideas?

I don't think you should worry too much. DD has one which she's been referred to a dermatologist for so I've talked to my GP about this. Basically they grow with the child so can end up being physically large, which makes them hard to remove. So if there's any concern about them growing or changing then they may take them off while they're small. Why not give them a phone to find out? She probably meant to explain more fully but forgot.

Yes, it might be that he thinks it might be a 'strawberry hemangioma' . They start off small but grow quickly and can get golf-ball sized, and then get smaller an usually disappear later (by the time the child is 5 or 6).

They are usually left alone, unless they are in an 'in the way' place (like on a finger, for example), when they might be treated, for eg with beta blockers which reduce the blood supply to them.

Thanks :-) ok will stop worrying now ... I am terrible for worrying!

Hey, we all are - it turns out it's one of the biggest parts of motherhood

Congrats on your DD, by the way!