Poped blood vessel

[rustylin]

My 7-year-old daughter has been telling me that she hears a pop sound in her head then followed by a burning in her head. This has been going on about 4 to 5 weeks. I never really thought anything of it until this weekend when my daughters were playing in the living room and my 7 year old stop in her tracks and then dropped to the ground holding her head when I ask what happen she said it was that popping noise and it burns really bad. She has a silver dollar size strawberry birth mark on the back of her head that people tell me will go away and that’s about were the pain is at.

[vic_m]

blood vessels don't really pop. they can burst and that would cause immediate symptoms depending on where in the body it happened- a small one on your thigh might just look like a bruise... a big one around your heart will leave you in serious condition.

either way, as mentioned, this is something you should take seriously and see a doc.

"7 year old stop in her tracks and then dropped to the ground holding her head when I ask what happen she said it was that popping noise and it burns really bad."

this is something i would find concerning. plus, it seems this is getting worse.

post back.

[Enoch Choi, MD]

take her to her pediatrician

5 weeks of recurrent painful burning in her head, after a pop sound, is concerning.  Possibilities include migraine, AV malformation, infection, or other reasons.

[rustylin]

I guess I never did ask the question. What I was wondering is does this sound like something I should be worried about or should I take her in to the Doctor does this sound like a blood vessel popping or something else?