What is an effective treatment for strawberry hemangioma in an infant?

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Dr Paul Ang

General Practitioner

Thank you for your question. I’m sure as a parent, having something diagnosed on your child can be the most frustrating thing ever.

Your child is quite small at 6 weeks old, and depending on the size of the lump, most doctors will probably advice to monitor it at this stage.

At a later stage, if it doesn’t go away, there are always other treatment options like laser or a medication called propranolol.

But in summary, rest assured that if the diagnosis of strawberry hemangiona is correct, there are effective treatments for it.

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