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Today's health topic::
I had a baby girl in 1995, she was perfect in every way, except one; she has a red splotch on her hand the day she was born. The next day the redness had spread up her wrist, and all over her forearm, up to the elbow. I thought the doctors or nurses had done something to her while I was away; they said she had a "Capillary Hemangioma". It got worse...
The next day the hemangioma began to grow. It got bigger and bigger, and dark purple in color. The doctor's told us to keep an eye on it, that's it... just keep an eye on it, in case something changes. Well, it changed - daily.
I had never heard of this condition before this. They told me it was heredity that caused it - although at the time I did not know that I had the condition myself on the palms of my hands... I know that sounds crazy, but I just thought my palms were red for some reason or other, but I never really thought about it much - even my wife never noticed it.
So my Zoe got the condition from me, which really messed with my head, because as the hemangioma grew, I felt worse... guilty even. So the arm got redder and larger by the day. It was warm to the touch, and we constantly worried about it. It was three times the size of her other arm, so we began to worry.
First thing, they never told me to wrap her arm with a bandage, they never told me to add lotion to the skin to help it stretch, they never told me anything... just keep an eye on it. Well one day, about a month after she was born, my wife layed her on the bed and began changing her diaper. All of a sudden the arm exploded, shooting blood everywhere. I was out of town, so my wife had to call the ambulance, and rush her to the hospital for treatment, all alone.
We continued to wrap her arm, and add lotion to the skin for several months. The skin began to fade, but the redness was very easy to see.
If you had seen my daughters hemangioma, you would have said to yourself, "there's no way that is ever going to look normal". The doctor's told us that hemangiomas usually go away on their own around the age of 7... so we waited. Believe it or not, around age 10 it was almost gone. She is now 16, and only the scars from the rupture are visible. She still adds lotion to the area to keep the skin flexible.
In most cases, hemangiomas occur on the face, or on the genitals of female children. They look similar to a wine-stain, but the hemangioma will be raised, where a wine-stain is flat.
-- Blog entry from - Reno, NV - M.D.Capillary Hemangioma of Infancy
Capillary Hemangioma of Infancy
The Hemangioma Popped
Hospital Knows Nothing
In the hospital, the nurse screamed when she saw the babies arm, she had no idea what it was. The doctor who treated her said this was the largest Hemangioma he had ever seen. He wiped off the blood, added some Neosporin, wrapped the arm in gause, and sent her home. We were pissed!
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