The correction methods of baby's head and torticollis, and the baby's diet and Lazar can't be separated from the care of parents. Taking care of the baby needs to be carried out in many ways, and the baby is also very particular about sleeping. Here are some ways to correct the baby's head and torticollis.
Correction method of baby's torticollis 1 1. Types of baby's torticollis
Although torticollis is common in infants, not all cases of "crooked head" can be relieved naturally. According to different situations, we should give different ways to deal with them. Therefore, parents should distinguish the type of baby torticollis.
1, physiological torticollis
If the baby has torticollis 3 months after birth, it is often physiological torticollis. This is because the child's neck strength is not enough, and his head is heavier after looking up. If left untreated, this condition will usually improve naturally at the age of 1 year. Parents just need to pay attention to observation.
2. Pathological torticollis
(1) muscular torticollis
Torticollis appeared about 2 weeks after birth, and obvious lumps were seen in the neck. At present, it is believed that muscular torticollis is caused by tension spasm caused by unilateral sternocleidomastoid disease, and its etiology may be caused by two factors: First, the intramuscular pressure of sternocleidomastoid muscle increases, leading to muscle ischemia and fibrosis. The other is fibromatosis theory, that is, benign fibromatosis of muscle.
Treatment: 80% of muscular torticollis can be cured by physical therapy such as functional exercise, and 20% to 1 year-old will need surgical release.
(2) Oculogenic torticollis
There was no lump in the neck at birth, and torticollis appeared only 6 months later. This situation may be caused by strabismus, which usually appears when the child looks at things in a fixed position and will return to normal when sleeping.
Treatment: Because of the need of children's cooperation, the diagnosis of marginal torticollis must wait until 1 to 2 years old, and it cannot be diagnosed before, so it needs regular review.
(3) bony torticollis
Torticollis is caused by cervical deformity. After the baby is born, it shows torticollis, which may be accompanied by symptoms such as short neck, also known as short neck syndrome. Treatment: Without intervention, the child is not uncomfortable. If there is cervical spondylolisthesis and pain, the symptoms can be relieved by surgery. However, to maintain the stability of cervical spine for a long time, it is necessary to cooperate with functional exercise.
Second, how to judge whether the baby has torticollis?
The symptom of torticollis is head tilt. When lying flat, the baby tends to sleep on the same side; Turn your head to one side while sitting. Parents can try to attract their baby to look around, and the baby will find it difficult to turn his head and neck. Some children have torticollis in the womb, so their faces develop asymmetrically after birth. After careful examination, the neck often has a lump (66? ), the size is about 1 ~ 3 cm, as if there is a tumor on the neck! If it is not cured, the neck lump of older children will become a tight tendon.
First, if the baby suffers from torticollis, it will generally have the following characteristics: the baby's head is always biased to one side, that is, it can't be twisted to the other side with the baby's chin facing down to the shoulder on this side and his eyes looking at other places.
Second, whether the baby's face is left or right or size, it will obviously find asymmetry, which is very different from ordinary babies. And when massaging the baby's neck, it can be clearly found that its neck activity is limited.
Three, the above are external observations, in fact, can also be distinguished by ultrasound examination, especially for children with congenital muscular torticollis, ultrasound examination can accurately distinguish it from other neck diseases, such as cervical cystic lymphangioma, cervical lymphadenopathy and so on.
Third, the best treatment period of torticollis in children
Any disease has an optimal treatment period. The same is true of baby torticollis. So, when is the best treatment period for torticollis in children?
A month or six months.
Because you sleep on the same side all the time, your head and face will be pressed asymmetrically. Because the baby's skull is still growing, there is still a chance to restore asymmetry six months ago, and it is difficult to correct it after six months.
The baby is in a period of vigorous growth and development, and all organs are constantly growing and changing. If this deviation lasts for more than 3 to 4 weeks, it will lead to unbalanced facial development. Specifically, the face and skull on the oblique side are smaller than those on the lateral side, and the eyes on both sides are not on the same horizontal line, that is, the oblique side is low and the opposite side is high, and the muzzle has different degrees of deviation. And with the growth of children's age, this facial asymmetry will become more and more serious and eventually irreversible.
Within 2.2 years old
/kloc-babies over 0/year old should have an operation to cut off the fibrotic muscles. If torticollis can be corrected before the age of 2, there will be no obvious facial deviation, and facial facial facial features deviation can be corrected step by step with development. Older torticollis babies are difficult to correct facial deviation even after surgery.
Fourth, the correction method of infant torticollis
1, home torticollis correction method. If you find your baby's torticollis in time, you can help your baby at home, often nursing your baby at home to avoid surgery.
2. Knead the local lump. Let the baby lie on his side, with the affected side facing his mother. The mother will hold the local lump with her thumb, middle finger and forefinger, and knead it repeatedly from top to bottom for 20 to 30 times, gradually increasing the strength of her fingers, about 10 minute. With proper manipulation and finger strength, the lump will become soft. Then knead the bun and stir it left and right along its vertical direction twice a day for about 10 minute each time.
3. Sleep correction. Sleep in the opposite posture of deformity. If the baby doesn't like to tilt his head to the deformed side, he can sleep on his side. When the mother is sitting horizontally holding the baby, let the affected side face up and raise her head to train the neck muscles.
4, towel hot compress. When the baby falls asleep, soak a small square towel in water with a temperature of 50℃, then take out the wringed water and apply it to the muscles protruding from the neck. Twice a day, each time 10 minutes. You can also apply it with a hot water bottle, but be careful to have a dry towel on your skin. The temperature of the hot water bottle is about 50℃, so it's good to feel a little higher than the skin temperature.
5. Toys are fun. Babies are usually interested in new things. When playing with toys, use toys to attract the baby to turn his head in the opposite direction of deformity, or make a sound and call out his name for the baby to find.
Correction of baby's head deviation and torticollis II. Causes of baby's head deflection and tilt.
Baby's head tilt and head tilt are mainly caused by the following two reasons:
1, supine sleeping position is the main reason.
Because the baby's skull is relatively soft in the first few months after birth (especially for premature babies), and the baby's head control ability is poor at this stage, if the parents of Bao Ma cat put the baby on the bed on his back, the baby's head will tend to lean to one side, pressing one side of the skull for a long time, and there will be a partial head.
However, mothers should not worry too much about the head deviation caused by this reason. With the strengthening of the baby's head control ability, most babies can return to normal within 2 years old.
2, partly because of congenital muscular torticollis.
Congenital muscular torticollis is caused by congenital unilateral sternocleidomastoid muscle contracture, which reduces the range of motion of the head and inclines to a specific direction, resulting in long-term compression and deformation of one skull, resulting in head deviation and inclination.
Therefore, if the baby is lopsided or crooked, Ma Bao should pay attention to judge the reason first, and then make targeted corrections. Here is a simple way to distinguish.
When the baby is quiet and relaxed, put him on the bed and let the baby lie flat in the most comfortable and natural posture. If there is an obvious angle between the central axis of his head and the central axis of his body, it may be torticollis.
If Ma Bao is difficult to distinguish by observation, we can combine the method of touching with hands: straighten the baby's head, fix the baby's head on both sides of the baby's head with the index finger and thumb of both hands, press the baby's shoulder with the palm of your hand to prevent it from moving, and touch the baby's neck with the middle finger along the lower part of the earlobe on both sides. If you can touch a muscle with one neck half the thickness of the little finger, the texture is still hard, and the baby may have torticollis.
Because the above methods involve professional skills, if Ma Bao is difficult to distinguish himself, it is recommended to come to the hospital in time to ask a doctor for help in judging!
Correct the baby's head deviation and tilt caused by sleeping position.
1, infant sleeping position adjustment
Whether the baby is asleep or awake, Ma Bao should adjust his sleeping position more to make the baby's head stress evenly; For example, Ma Bao can let the baby sleep in the opposite direction every few days, so that the stress on the left and right skulls can be uniform; When playing, toys are often placed on the other side of the baby's habit of tilting his head, prompting the baby to turn his head to the other side.
2, let the baby practice posture.
For the baby who likes to sleep on his back, Ma Bao should appropriately increase the prone time when the baby is awake. Prone can exercise back muscles, strengthen neck strength and effectively correct baby's head tilt and skew.
If the baby doesn't cooperate or is not used to it, you can start from 1-2 minutes, then gradually increase the time and finally reach 30 minutes a day; You can also try to put the baby on the chest of the lying caregiver for training until the child becomes more and more accustomed to the prone position.
Correction of baby's head deviation and inclination caused by torticollis
In medicine, there are Chinese medicine therapy, manual traction, local drug injection, braces correction and the use of therapeutic instruments, family rehabilitation and so on. In order to facilitate Ma Bao's operation, this paper introduces two methods that pediatricians usually recommend for home operation.
1, neck muscle exercise
Specific methods: put one hand on the baby's chest, and gently turn the baby's chin to the side that is not used to tilting the head with the other hand, so that the chin touches the shoulder 10 second; Or let the baby sit on your lap, let the baby face you, then turn his body 90 degrees and turn his head to the side that is not used to tilting his head for 10 second. Each exercise needs to be repeated more than 3 times (each exercise time is longer than the last one 1-2 minutes).
2, posture correction exercises
Ma Bao keeps the baby in correct posture in daily life, including holding posture, sleeping posture and feeding posture. She can also use toys and lights to induce the baby to turn to the unaccustomed side, increase the mobility of the head, relieve the contracture of sternocleidomastoid muscle, and stretch the damaged muscle to achieve the purpose of correction.
These simple tips can treat torticollis caused by most muscle injuries in the early stage, thus reducing the need for subsequent surgery.
If you can't improve your baby's symptoms of head deviation and tilt until he is 6 months old, you should seek medical advice in time. Doctors need to further rule out torticollis caused by other reasons, and then make corresponding treatment plans. In some cases, it is necessary to lengthen the affected tendon by surgery.
Correction method of baby's head deviation and torticollis 3 Scientific analysis: What is head deviation?
After the baby is born, under normal circumstances, the left and right skulls should be symmetrical, and there will be no "partial head" phenomenon. However, because the baby's head is soft, the bones develop rapidly, and the neck muscles are not fully developed, it is more vulnerable to external forces and deformation. If the baby's sleeping position is biased to one side, then that side will become bigger, which seems to be the so-called "slant head".
Causes of baby's head tilt:
1, using forceps for delivery
Some mothers will use negative pressure suction, forceps and other methods to suck the baby out during dystocia, so that the baby's head will cause local hematoma, and the baby will not sleep on the hematoma side after birth, resulting in head deviation.
2. Mother's eating habits
Some mothers are used to lying down to feed their babies, and they are used to feeding on the same side for a long time, so that babies are used to sleeping here, which is easy to form a deviation.
3. Genetic factors
If the expectant mother is malnourished during pregnancy, it is easy to cause the baby's head deformity.
How to prevent the baby from tilting his head?
Everything should be based on prevention. If the baby is born, the mother will pay attention to the baby's sleeping position, which will save a lot of unnecessary trouble. Generally speaking, the plasticity of the head is within eighteen months after birth. Hot moms should pay special attention to the golden molding period of baby 1~3 months ago.
Change your sleeping position frequently.
The first 3 months of the baby is a critical period for shaping the head. From the first day of the baby's birth, the mother should get used to lying on the baby's bed frequently in order to keep the stress on both sides of the baby's head uniform.
Be sure to change places when feeding.
When the mother is breastfeeding, the baby will turn his head to the mother's side, and the baby is generally used to facing the mother when sleeping. In order not to affect the development of the baby's skull, mothers and babies should always exchange positions with their babies when they sleep together.
Gently stroke the baby's head when feeding.
Massage the baby's skull on the prominent side of the head often, because the baby's skull is soft at this time, and massage is also very effective in correcting the baby's head deviation. When a mother feeds her baby, she can hold the baby's body with one hand and gently touch the flat sleeping area with the other hand for 3-4 minutes. Touching is only suitable for babies under one and a half years old. It is not allowed to touch hard or for a long time, so as not to hurt the skull.
Tease the baby with toys
Mom and dad can put some toys on the left and right sides of the baby's bed. When the baby wakes up, they can play with the baby. By using some sound toys for Doby Baby, for example, ringing a bell to attract the baby's attention, the baby will actively turn in different directions, which will promote the baby's head to move more and help shape the baby's head.
Put something soft under your head.
Generally speaking, a newborn baby doesn't need a pillow or a shaping pillow three months ago, because it will easily lead to the baby's neck bending and breathing difficulties. At this time, the mother can put some cotton towels and other items under the baby's head to reduce the pressure on the pillow.
Massage your baby's neck moderately
According to the direction of the baby's head, you can often give this side of the baby's neck a moderate massage to relieve the pressure on its neck.
Supplement your baby with calcium and vitamin D regularly.
If calcium deficiency, osteoporosis, bones are more prone to deformation. Therefore, it is necessary to give children some calcium supplements appropriately, and at the same time apply vitamin D3 to promote calcium absorption and get more sunshine.
Indeed, the baby's head tilt has a certain adverse effect on the image. If parents find it, they should correct it in time, which is beneficial to the baby's physical and mental health. In addition, instead of blindly correcting, we might as well choose some effective methods to correct the baby's head tilt. We can also choose to go directly to the hospital and receive professional advice from doctors.