Danielle Beardsley discovered her five-month-old son, Elliot, suffering from hair tourniquet syndrome, where hair wrapped around his toes caused severe redness and could have led to amputation. The condition is primarily a risk in infants due to loose hair getting tangled. After rushing to the hospital, doctors successfully removed the hair, restoring circulation. Feeling guilty for potentially causing the incident, Danielle is raising awareness about the dangers of hair tourniquets, emphasizing vigilance when dressing toddlers to prevent similar accidents in the future.
As we were undressing Elliot I looked down and saw his second toe was really, really red. The health visitor said it may be a hair tourniquet.
The hair had wrapped around one toe three times. She said it was quite bad... if the toes start to lose circulation for too long, that's when it can lead to amputation.
I believe either mine or my older daughter's hair got caught in the sleepsuit... I want to prevent other kids from facing the same accident.
They said it was lucky I had caught this and it could have been worse; he could've potentially lost two or three toes.
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