Often parents do not even guess why their little children cry a lot, belch or sleep badly. Only by contacting a neurologist, they learn that their baby has hypertension of the muscles. But sometimes it happens that young parents do not even guess that everything that happens to their carapace is a sign of deviation from the norm. They simply do not know how the child should behave and what it is worth paying attention to.
Symptoms of hypertonic muscle in infants
In order to identify the hypertonicity of the child on their own, it's enough just to carefully observe the baby, having done simple actions. Frequent anxiety of the child, accompanied by crying with trembling of the chin.
- Restless sensitive and short-term sleep.
- During sleep, it is very often possible to observe such a pose: the head is thrown back , the handles and legs are tightly and tightly pressed to the body or to each other. Try to dilute them neatly, feel the resistance of the baby? And with a second attempt, this resistance is strengthened, and the carapace begins to cry.
- Constant regurgitation after feeding.
- Frequent tilting of the head back and bending the body when crying.
- Taking the youngster under the mouse, put it on the legs on the table and slightly tilt forward. By these actions you will cause him to have automatic pacing reflex, the child will begin to sort out legs. Look at how he puts the stop. If he puts a foot on the table with the whole surface, then there is no hypertonic effect. But if on tiptoe, then this is the reason for visiting a doctor.
Having familiarized you with this list, we will immediately warn you that many of the signs of hypertension are very often present in the first half of the year of life and in quite healthy children, but nevertheless it is not worth neglecting a visit to a neurologist.
Causes of hypertension in infants
1. Violation of the central nervous system. This happens, as a rule, due to various negative factors:
- a pregnant mother has had illnesses, with subsequent chronic intoxications;
- during pregnancy, a woman was treated for toxoplasmosis, herpes, chlamydia, or other similar acute infectious diseases;
- pregnancy proceeded with the threat of miscarriage, with severe early and late toxicosis;
- there was a tonus of the uterus;
- the fetus had hypoxia - oxygen starvation;
- drinking alcohol and smoking a mother during pregnancy, which caused fetal poisoning;
- chronic diseases of the pregnant (heart, kidney, liver, etc.);
- rapid or vice versa, too prolonged childbirth, a long anhydrous period, insufficient disclosure of the birth canal, umbilical cord entanglement and other possible deviations;
- "Cosmetic incision" at caesarean section, in this case the baby's head must pass through the opening, which is much narrower than his head, and the cervical spine is often damaged.
2. Hemolytic disease of the newborn , or in other words - incompatibility of Rh factor: the child is negative, and the mother is positive, and vice versa.
Treatment of hypertonic muscle in infants
The main tool in the treatment of hypertension in infants is massage. The main goal of massage with hypertension is to relax the bound muscles of the baby. And the first 10 sessions are best done by a good specialist. If there is a massage therapist in the clinic, then listen to him about the reviews, not always on this place take a good and decent master. Pay massage, of course, is not cheap
Also, with the hypertension of the feet in infants, experts advise, together with the massage, to take the course of "wax boots". While the masseur is engaged in the upper part of the body, the baby's legs are wrapped in warm wax, this very well helps to relax the muscles on the legs.
Unfortunately, one course of massage is almost always not enough. But after seeing the effect of these procedures, you yourself ask the neurologist to prescribe one more course. Only, please, do not self-medicate! Take care of your baby's health!