Symptoms of congenital torticollis

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Congenital torticollis in children is a congenital disease. After the baby is born, it is found that the neck is tilted. Therefore, it belongs to the disease of cervical malformation in the second trimester of pregnancy, which will harm the health of the newborn. However, after treatment, the probability of disease recovery is very high. Therefore, it is necessary to observe whether the neck is abnormal after the newborn is born. What are the symptoms of congenital torticollis in children? Now let's talk about it.

Symptoms of congenital torticollis

First, the neck mass, the earliest symptom found by the mother or midwife, is usually palpable after birth. It is located in the sternocleidomastoid muscle. It is fusiform, 2-4cm in length and 1-2cm in width. It is hard and has no tenderness. It is most obvious at the third week after birth, and gradually disappears after three months. Generally, it does not exceed half a year.

Second: torticollis: after birth can be found by the mother, the child's head inclined to the tumor side (affected side). It was more obvious after half a month, and with the development of the children, the torticollis became more and more serious.

Third: facial asymmetry: variation from the outer corner line of the eye to the mouth line. Measuring the distance between the outer corner line of both eyes and the ipsilateral mouth line shows that the affected side becomes shorter and more obvious with age. In addition to the above manifestations, the whole face of the child, including the nose and ears, gradually presents asymmetric changes, and is basically shaped in adulthood. At this time, if surgical correction is performed, the maxillofacial appearance will be more ugly. Therefore, the treatment should be carried out before the age of 12.

matters needing attention

There are many symptoms of congenital torticollis in children. Severe patients can also find abnormalities by naked eyes. Because the disease is congenital, we should pay attention to prevention during pregnancy. Patients during pregnancy should pay attention to diet, strengthen nutrition, eat more food with high calcium content, and have regular prenatal examination to find fetal abnormalities in time.