Re: Red welt-looking spot on head and yellow disharge on helmet--HELP!!!

January 31, 2010

If you don't catch the red spot in time it is pretty common to have it get worse

and have discharge. The pressure is causing the skin to breakdown. You need to

leave it off until this spot heals - usually several days. Once you get the band

adjusted and put it back on make sure you do frequent skin checks. She may be

extra sensitive, or maybe the band is not made correctly. Ask the ortho to check

the fit thoroughly and see if they suggest a new band. Sometimes they don't get

it right the first time. Or it may just need an adjustment. Hope she heals

quickly.

-christine

sydney, 4 yrs, starband grad

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> It's right in the middle of her forehead, too! Why is the helmet doing this?

She had a spot at the back of her head and the orthotist made some adjustments

on Friday and then today when we took the helmet off she had a BIG welt on her

forehead. And there was a bunch of gooey yellow disharge in her helmet. It's

been 4 hours and the spot on her head still looks the same. I'm not putting it

back on until I get this fixed, but what could it be from? I don't want this to

leave any permanent mark on her forehead--that's what I'm really worried about!

I'm starting to wonder if the helmet is doing more harm than good and just about

to give up completely. Our orthotist is out of town for the week so I'm going

to try and get her to see someone else tommorrow, but I'm wondering if they (our

normal orthotist of the other one at the office) know what they're doing. She's

only had the helmet for less than 2 weeks and has already had this happen twice.

Red spots seem normal, but welts and discharge? That isn't normal, is it?

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