What causes shaking of the head in my child?

Pediatric head shaking may be due to physiological or pathological factors and requires specific intervention.

Physiological factors: The weather is too hot, the head sweats a lot due to excessive covering, and the child feels itchy, so the itch is relieved by shaking the head and rubbing** when lying down. Parents need to pay attention to the child's ambient temperature and adjust it in time.

Not bathing for a long time, excessive scalp smegma and itchy head can also cause children to shake their heads frequently. Children should be kept clean and bathed properly. Children may frequently shake their heads before falling asleep, which is mostly one of the children's self-soothing methods, and will gradually disappear after the child grows older.

Pathological factors: Children are prone to eczema on the head, which can lead to severe itching, which is relieved by shaking the head and rubbing the scalp. Children should be kept moist, and if eczema is severe, hormones should be used according to the doctor's instructions.

In addition to frequent shaking of the head, children with otitis media can also manifest as ear pus, crying, high fever, etc. Pediatric epilepsy has a variety of manifestations, from shaking head in the early stage to convulsions and urinary incontinence during grand mal seizures.

Shaking head in children is mostly caused by physiological factors, and if it is accompanied by other abnormalities, it should be diagnosed and treated by a doctor in time.

Pediatric head shaking is usually caused by eczema of the head, ear infections, vitamin D and calcium deficiency, neurodevelopment, etc.

The child unconsciously shakes his head. If it is a non-disease factor, it may be due to a habit in the child's daily life. The child habitually shakes his head.

Or the child may shake his head involuntarily due to a related illness. Therefore, patients can go to the relevant hospital for examination. The cause of the involuntary shaking of the head should be identified and, if it is due to the disease, should be identified in a timely manner**.

Hold on to ** to prevent the condition from worsening. Chengdu Angel Children's Hospital has 4 first-class allowance experts to sit in the clinic, and I believe that the child can be diagnosed as soon as possible.

The child always shakes his head

If you have Tourette's syndrome, it is recommended that you take your child to the pediatric specialist.

Visited the DAO Hospital. When a child lacks calcium, it can lead to Tourette's syndrome, or a lack of other trace elements in the body, which can also cause developmental problems or limb incoordination. As long as it is supplemented, the symptoms of the child's limb incoordination can be corrected in time.

It is recommended that parents take their children to a pediatric hospital for relevant examinations to see if the body lacks relevant nutrients before making a judgment. Under the guidance of a doctor, parents can give their children some oral liquid for calcium supplementation, and take some vitamin D at the same time, and take their children to do more outdoor activities and bask in the sun, which is conducive to promoting calcium absorption.

The main reasons why children often shake their heads are as follows

1. Imperfect development of the nervous system: Newborn children often shake their heads from side to side, their faces turn red with all their strength, and their whole body trembles suddenly, which is often a normal physiological phenomenon.

2. Uncomfortable sleeping: When children keep shaking their heads while sleeping, parents should first check whether the room temperature is too high or the quilt is too thick.

3. Expression of will: 6-10-month-old children are also more likely to shake their heads, which mostly occurs when they are happy, unhappy or when they are about to fall asleep.

4. Imperfect vestibular system development: children often shake their heads or even bump their heads and sway their bodies, which may be caused by imperfect vestibular system development.

5. Eczema: Eczema is a relatively common disease in infancy, manifested as itching in the affected area, mostly accompanied by burning sensation, and the examination shows that there are small spotted red rashes, blisters, serous exudations, etc. around the auricle.

6. Calcium deficiency: When children are deficient in calcium, they will also shake their heads, accompanied by crying, decreased sleep quality, stunted growth, and excessive sweating.

7. Otitis media: If children not only love to shake their heads, but also scratch their ears, cry, runny nose, get angry, have earache, fever, ear pus, and sleep poorly, mothers should pay attention to whether their children have otitis media.

8. Tourette's syndrome: Tourette's syndrome is more common in infancy, introverted, shy, timid, sensitive, and unsociable children, and the symptoms will be aggravated when encountering unpleasant things or colds and fatigue.

There are several reasons for shaking head, and it is best to consult a medical professional.

Sometimes children who are deficient in calcium will be like this, pay attention to more sun to make up for calcium.

1. External factors: children may shake their heads because the indoor temperature is too high and the quilt is too much in the process of growing up, causing the baby to be too hot, or the child will resist when he does not accept the new food, and he will shake his head with his head and push it away, and the child may also have the symptoms of shaking his head because of eczema, calcium deficiency and other factors.

2. Tourette's syndrome: The child's constant shaking of the head is likely to be related to the child's Tourette's syndrome, which is an important manifestation of the child's Tourette's syndrome. In recent years, there have been more and more children with Tourette's syndrome, but because parents do not understand the symptoms of Tourette's syndrome, they have not been found in time, which has delayed the child's condition.

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What's wrong with children shaking their heads sometimes?

1) There are many reasons for children to shake their heads, shaking their heads when sleeping may be due to the factors of the sleeping environment, sometimes it is hot, and the children are covered a lot, because they will not express it, they will only tell parents that they are uncomfortable by shaking their heads. In addition, the child will sweat frequently, and the cradle cap on the scalp will be very itchy, which will cause the symptoms of shaking the head.

2) In addition to this, it may be that there are some problems with the baby's health. Eczema is a relatively common symptom, especially in the baby's head or ears, the baby will also be very itchy, so he will always shake his head. Or suffer from otitis media, but generally children with otitis media, there may be some things flowing out, or there is a smelly yellow discharge in the ear, you can use these substances to determine whether the baby has otitis media.

3) There is also a possibility that the baby's vestibular organ is not perfect enough, therefore, the cause of sleep is always shaking the head, generally 6-9 months to begin to develop, will also be accompanied by impact on the head and other behaviors, 1-2 years old mature development.

4) Calcium deficiency will also have the situation of shaking the head, but it will be accompanied by sweating, irritability, stunted growth and development, not just simple shaking of the head, when the baby always shakes the head, parents should find out the reason in time to do a good job of care.