What are the symptoms of torticollis in infants and young children?

Congenital torticollis refers to the neck muscles and is usually present after birth.

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There are many causes of neonatal torticollis, and it is currently considered that it may be caused by a combination of factors. The main ones are as follows:

1. First of all, because of the mechanical factors in the uterus, the fetus is prone to pressure in the uterus due to the abnormal fetal position, especially the breech position, which destroys or changes the neck structure;

2. It may be caused by the hematoma of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, mainly because the hematoma malabsorption will lead to a lump in the sternocleidomastoid muscle and torticollis;

3. There may be venous return disorder, especially when the breech is born, the fetus cannot enter the pelvis, resulting in vein blockage, resulting in sternocleidomastoid muscle ischemia, edema and fibrosis;

4. Considering the insufficient arterial blood supply, when the fetal head is flexed laterally, the blood flow of the sternocleidomastoid muscle sternal head and the arterial branch of the middle muscle abdomen may cause ischemic spasm, and the ischemic spasm is related to the compression of the umbilical cord, such as the rotation of the umbilical cord and the twisting of the umbilical cord will compress the blood of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, thereby causing a lump of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and the remaining state of the child's source guidance causes the baby's torticollis.

Infant torticollis is a very common condition, and most babies will have torticollis. The reason for the phenomenon of torticollis is nothing more than three points, one is postural extrusion, the second is myogenic extrusion, and the third is osteogenic extrusion. So what about torticollis in babies?

There are three different causes of torticollis in infants, which can be corrected in the following ways:

1.For the infant torticollis caused by postural extrusion, you can observe more, and there is no need to do special **, this is because this kind of infant torticollis is caused by the fact that before the baby is born, the more the baby is in the womb, the more narrow the egg, and has to twist the body, generally as the baby grows up, the symptoms of torticollis will slowly reduce until it finally no longer occurs.

2.Myogenic torticollis is the most common type of torticollis, which is caused by contracture of one of the sternocleidomastoid muscles in the neck, which can be corrected by some functional exercises. For example, if you consciously tilt the baby's neck to the other side, and then cooperate with some physical therapy, you can do a local hot compress, and warm the neck for 20 minutes a day can help relax the muscles.

You can also do a massage, and it is best to find a professional massage therapist to do it.

3.Osteogenic torticollis is the least common and most severe type of torticollis in infants and is caused by skeletal deformity. One part is a deformity in skeletal development, and the other part is a deformation in the buried joints of Guan Yin Zen.

Basically, it is the problem of the first segment at the base of the skull and the second cervical vertebrae of the first cavity. If the baby is osteogenic torticollis, then it must be taken seriously, general physical therapy and other correction methods do not have much effect, most of them need drugs or surgery**.

Infant torticollis is divided into congenital and acquired, and the causes of the disease are mainly in the following five categories:

1. Causes of muscle slippage itself: such as muscle spasm and weakness caused by muscle torticollis;

2. Skeletal causes: caused by the lack of bone development and atlantoaxial joint subluxation;

3. Nerve damage: For example, the symptoms of cerebral palsy appear after the patient's brain nerve is damaged, causing muscle concealment and limb asymmetry, resulting in torticollis;

4. Secondary injury: such as poor hearing, strabismus, etc., can also lead to compensatory torticollis;

5. Habitual reasons: such as improper sleeping posture of the patient.

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A child's torticollis is a manifestation of a twisted neck. Due to the different strengths of the muscles on both sides of the neck, this phenomenon is caused by the child's blood test. Children with torticollis tend to tilt their head to one side or turn it to one side.

Some babies' torticollis can be relieved naturally, and there are also many children who need to pass ** to be relieved. So how is torticollis caused?

There are many reasons for a child's torticollis. The first aspect is physiological reasons, that is because the fetus is still in the mother's body always keep the habit of the head to one side, in the birth of the baby's head and neck is stretched will also cause torticollis, this physiological torticollis baby will slowly recover after three months, about one year old can be fully recovered, do not have to carry out **.

The second aspect is torticollis due to pathological causes. Pathologic causes of torticollis include torticollis due to muscle pulling, ocular torticollis, and torticollis due to bone deviation. Muscle pull ramp is the most common one.

80% of the muscle torticollis can be massaged, physiotherapy and other methods**generally**The effect is better, and about 20% of patients have no signs of improvement at about one year old, and then surgery must be performed to change the condition of torticollis.

Different from other torticollis, ocular oblique diameter will not be found and there is a lump in the neck when the baby is born, and this torticollis phenomenon will not be found when the baby grows to six months, because the child is too young to cooperate with the doctor during the examination, so it can only be diagnosed at the age of one to two. The cause of oculogenic torticollis is the child's strabismus, which often returns to its normal angle when the child sleeps, and parents should take the child for regular follow-up visits.

1.Congenital Most scholars believe that abnormal intrauterine pressure or embryonic fetal position is the main cause of congenital muscular torticollis.

2.Acquired is mainly caused by various causes of central nervous system damage, causing extravertebral movement disorders. It may also be caused by mental and psychological factors.

After the birth of a newborn baby, the neck is often deviated to one side, and it lasts for a long time, which is an obvious torticollis phenomenon, so how is the baby torticollis caused? Let's take a look.

Newborn babies are born after birth, and their necks can be said to be without any supporting strength, mainly because their neck muscles are weak and cannot support their heads. As a result, most babies have temporary torticollis during the first period of life.

Through the gradual development of muscles, by about three months, the neck has matured a lot, and the head can be easily controlled, and the symptoms of torticollis will be significantly reduced or disappeared. The main way to identify this is that the infant does not have significant restrictions on neck movement, except for the symptoms of a crooked head, and does not show symptoms of fixed deformity.

There are also some torticollis born in babies that are caused by diseases, such as myogenic torticollis and osteogenic torticollis, which are caused by the deformity of the neck muscles and bones.

By stretching the tendons in the neck, the head can be tilted to the other side. **These pathological oblique collars require professional techniques, and some also require drugs**, if the conservative Kangyan hand re-shooting hall** does not work well, then surgery needs to be considered**.