“Symptoms may be nothing initially but subsequently manifest as excessive crying and fussiness in a baby.”
Still, I couldn’t help wondering how bad a situation like this could get.
And what should you do if it’s possible for you to’t get the hair off with your fingers?
I did what any newb would do and googled “hair wrapped around baby’s toe.”
Immediately,hair tourniquet syndromepopped up.
Its a relatively rare condition thats more common in babies and toddlers.
I reached out to her for more information on this condition.
“This hair gets literally everywhere.
I was curious about how dangerous this condition could be.
If you’re free to imagine, blood is in a tube.
We call those tubes digital arteries in the toes and fingers.
They will get cut off like when a hose is kinked.
No blood flow goes to the area and the tissue dies.
Eventually it can get completely amputated.”
“This is when we would see things like fingertip or toe amputation,” she said.
This is usually seen in the ER or even [by] the pediatrician."
So they can have numbness, and even neuropathy long term.
But when nerves get damaged, in trauma we see blisters form with fluid filled inside.
They can pop, they can drain.
Usually it goes fine, and the finger or the toe will heal without an issue."
I saw thatDr.
“The family can try using a tweezer to pull it out or use their fingers.
In scenarios where theres no open skin, hair removal creams (like Nair) can be used.
But this is discouraged in places of open skin, as it can burn.
Because their digits are too small to see, it may not be noticed.
It may also be painful when you touch it.”
It can be hunger, it can be loneliness, it can be pain, it could be tiredness.
But again, pain.
It could be pain.
So if youve done everything and the babys still crying, you have to undress them down to nothing.
Take off the diaper and check the genitals."
