Dislocated Radius

[Nickster]

Hope I spelt it right, being a non-medical person...

Has anyone else had a toddler/baby/preschooler suffer from this? Apparently it's quite common (according to the Doctor) up until the age of 4.

Backtracking....around dinnertime yesterday, DD and I were playing, she fell backwards, I grabbed her wrist, and felt a click (it still makes my stomach turn)....she grizzled for a while, and held her arm to her side and refused to use it....we called 13 HEALTH and were advised to take her to the hospital to have it checked out, so 4 hours and a trip to the Mater later, she was fine....

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

[melfunction]

Oooooouuuuccchhhhhhh poor little Miss L :hugs: and poor Mummy..Sounds just awful for you all.

tell her "dora" sends a cuddle ;) and hopes she is feeling better soon.

[aardvark]

Had it happen to DD#1 (now nearly 16).

She was hiding behind my grandmother's curtain when we were trying to get ready to go shopping. My grandmother took her by the hand to encourage her to come out, she chucked a tanty, threw herself to the floor, with my grandmother still holding her hand.

Took her to the doctor because of the whinging. He manipulated it back in place, and she stopped whinging just like flipping a switch.

Be careful playing ring-a-rosy etc for a while afterwards.

I cringe every time I see parents swinging their toddler by the arms ever since. People don't realise how easily it can happen.

[Ky]

This is really common!

My dd had it when she threw herself backwards while I was holding her and I had to grab her arm to stop her hitting her head on the corner of a tiled bench.

Apparently, it is usually the kids that have been well supervised or stopped from a dangerous accident (ie. running into traffic) that present with this problem!

[Nickster]

Yes, Kyra - apparently it is common - I guess I was just feeling really guilty about it all and I'd never come across it before (despite years of babysitting experience).

Tee hee - "Dora" - thank you for your kind wishes - it wasn't all that bad - just a long wait up at the "hospy".

I'd thoroughly recommend the Mater emergency children's department - clean, noice waiting room, friendly staff - no bogans lurking about...

[Seekrit]

Sounds like the place to be!! :D

I hope your wee one is feeling much better.
And I hope you've caught your breath properly.

[Bron]

Poor little poppet!!! And I'm sorry to hear about how long you had to wait at the hospy! :hugs:

Glad she is more cheerful now.

[sopolicha]

I'd thoroughly recommend the Mater emergency children's department - clean, noice waiting room, friendly staff - no bogans lurking about...


Are you talking about the Public or Private? We must have been on different nights......the time I went, chockas of bogans, cranky staff and kids doing what kids do when they are sick.

[Nickster]

Yes, but sop you were just looking in the mirror...:laughing: gee I crack myself up sometimes...

I don't know if it was public or private...we're definitely public patients at the moment...the GP there bulk-billed us....it was the one across the road from the Mater Mother's Hospital...

Obviously we were there on a good night...but still wouldn't a bad night there be ever so much better than a good night down at the Bogan Hospital?:wizard:

[Leeny]

Hope I spelt it right, being a non-medical person...

Has anyone else had a toddler/baby/preschooler suffer from this? Apparently it's quite common (according to the Doctor) up until the age of 4.


I know this is a bit late, but i just wanted to say, that it is pretty common...when i was little, i started doing it from about the age of 2 or 3. It happened so many times that the nurses ended up trying to teach my mum how to slip it back in, but she wouldnt do it. lol.

It does mostly happen when kids fall back on thier wrists.

Btw, dont feel guilty, i did it so many times, i dont resent my mother lol. It can happen when ur sitting there playing with ur kiddie.

[xkwzit]

I did a sim thing to DD2 (but it didn't fully dislocate). I felt awful :gloomy:. It is really VERY easy to do when you are holding their arm, they just have to twist a bit and it's out.

Fortunately doctor had done it to her kiddie too and was v sympathetic.:o

DD2 was sore for two full days before we noticed her using her arm again.

HTH