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Do children who are not independently mobile have non-abusive bruises at all?

April 26, 2017bruises children mobile non-abusive

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Do children who are not independently mobile have non-abusive bruises at all?

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Yes, but this is very rare. Bruising in infants less than 6 months is very uncommon; in very young infants it can be due to birth trauma. Bruising in pre-cruisers (young children not independently mobile) is also rare: only 2.9% having bruising and no child having more than three bruises.