What are the symptoms of torticollis

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When my baby was born, the neck looked a little deformed. Later, after looking for experts, it was diagnosed as congenital muscular torticollis. Due to early intervention, the prognosis was good. Let's take a look at the symptoms of torticollis.

What are the symptoms of torticollis

Symptom 1: after the birth of the baby with torticollis, the mother can find that the baby's head inclines to the affected side, the face rotates to the healthy side, and the mandible points to the healthy shoulder. After 2-3 weeks, the torticollis was more obvious. Turning the head to the contralateral side is obviously limited, and those with mild symptoms should be observed carefully. The symptoms will gradually aggravate with the growth of children's body.

Symptom 2: the neck mass can reach the neck mass after birth or within 2 weeks after birth, which is located in the middle and lower segment of sternocleidomastoid muscle, especially in the right side. The mass is fusiform, without tenderness, and generally reaches the maximum after 1-2 months, and then gradually shrinks to complete disappearance. In some of these children, the mass does not disappear and muscle fibrosis and contracture occur, causing torticollis.

Symptom 3: facial deformity congenital muscular torticollis has not been effectively treated in the early stage, and children will show facial deformity when they are 2 years old. The main manifestations were asymmetry of face, asymmetry of distance between bilateral external angle of eye and angle of mouth, shortening of distance between affected side and increasing of healthy side. The position plane of the affected eye is lower, because the two eyes are not at the same level, it is easy to produce visual fatigue and visual loss. The healthy side was round and full, while the affected side was narrow and flat. Compensatory scoliosis may occur in the cervical spine. In addition, the whole face of children, including nose and ears, can also appear asymmetric changes.

matters needing attention

For children less than half a year old, non-surgical treatment can obtain satisfactory results. Therefore, once the diagnosis is made, treatment should be carried out as soon as possible. If the condition is not serious, you can first use hot compress, massage and other non-surgical treatment.