Krivosheya in newborns: photos, signs

Symptoms of torticollis in newborns

If timely treatment is not started, the disease will progress. Strabismus, delayed physical and speech development, lameness, deafness, neurological diseases - this is what awaits the child.Torticollis in newborns requires mandatory treatment Photo: Getty The signs of torticollis in newborns are obvious to pediatricians:

the head of the child is constantly turned in one direction;
turn in the opposite direction is difficult, completely to make its kid can not;
The trunk is curved along the vertical axis, one shoulder above the other;
the head seems to be thrown back, the nape is skewed in the direction of the turn;
The face looks asymmetrical, one eye can be constantly narrowed.

The baby's mother, if she does not have medicalformations, may either not notice the disease or confuse its symptoms with manifestations of other developmental pathologies. For example, there is a neurological, or false torticollis, and it is simply impossible for a non-specialist to distinguish it from an orthopedic problem.

Why there is torticulia in newborns

There are several possible explanations for the curvature of the neck.reasons, depending on which the main types of the disease are distinguished: muscular, articular, neurological, bone torticollis of newborns. In the photo, they all look the same, but most often we are talking about a congenital pathology: abnormal development of the sternomastoid muscle. It is responsible for the symmetrical arrangement of other muscles of the neck and sternum. Causes of pathology:

an unsuccessful position in the fetal bladder when the head was pressed against the wall of the uterus;
birth trauma, as a result of which the muscle tore and lost elasticity;
intrauterine inflammation of the muscle, which caused its degeneration and shortening;
other congenital malformations of the musculoskeletal system.

To understand what led to the development of pathology andhow to treat it, a consultation with both an orthopedist and a pediatric neurologist is required. This can be done 2 weeks after the baby is born. Until this time, pediatricians do not make any predictions. However, the mother should know: if the child is born with a breech presentation, then he is at risk for torticollis. If the baby was pulled by the head, then the muscle could be torn. Torticollis is not uncommon in pediatric practice. The disease requires mandatory treatment, as it leads to the development of serious physical and neurological developmental pathologies. It is also useful to know: