A small child is both a sea of joy and many problems that arise almost daily. Some tasks are solved quickly, while others put young parents at a standstill or even cause panic. One of these problems is the arching of the baby in the back, accompanied by crying. Before you do something, you should understand why the baby bends its back and cries.
The reasons why the baby bends its back and at the same time sometimes there may be several. It is worth considering in more detail each option.
Increased intracranial pressure
The most serious reason why an infant bends its back is the presence of neurological diseases, in particular an increase in intracranial pressure. The cause is various diseases: metabolic disorders, meningitis, abscess, hydrocephalus, encephalitis, brain tumor.
With frequent repetitions of such attacks, you need to contact a pediatric neurologist. He will conduct the necessary studies to exclude the presence of pathology. When making a diagnosis, the doctor will prescribe appropriate treatment and will monitor the condition of the child.
Hypertonicity of the muscles of the back and neck
It is possible to identify the presence of excessive muscle tension at home if the baby is already more than three months old. It is only necessary to put the child on his tummy and carefully observe how he will raise his head. If the head throws back strongly, and the shoulders rise up without the participation of the child’s hands, the baby will have hypertension of the back surface of the muscles of the neck and back. As an option, the baby can fall over on one side if the muscles are overstressed on one side.
With muscle tension, you will need to undergo a special massage of the back and neck. Specialists in the clinic will show mom a set of exercises for the baby to relieve excessive muscle tone.
Painful or unpleasant symptoms
At the age of 2 weeks to 3-4 months, children can cry and arch in the back from strong intestinal colic. At the same time, the baby cries strongly and for a long time, up to two to three hours. After four months, intestinal colic disappears, and crying stops for this reason.
If the baby cries and bends from severe pain in the abdomen, you just need to remove the cause of the pain. This will help dill or fennel waterwarm compress on the tummy. After the cessation of pain, the baby will simply stop crying.
Curving and crying, accompanied by heavy, labored breathing, indicate nasal congestion in the child. It is necessary to rinse the baby's nose with a weak saline solution or a special tool. This will save the child from discomfort and stop crying.
Vagaries of the child
When bending in the back with crying and whims, you need to distract the baby.The weak back muscles with sharp bending can be damaged, so you should wean the baby to be capricious for any reason.
Most often, the baby is naughty while eating. There may be two reasons for this.
- In the first case, the child simply indulges and is naughty. He had already eaten, but he simply did not want to tear himself away from his chest.
- In the second case, the child is not satisfied with the taste of milk or its quantity. The taste of milk depends on the diet of mom and she is worth be careful about your diet. The amount of milk in the chest can be either excess, then the child simply does not have time to suck, or insufficient - the child simply does not eat up.
If the baby arches back, but does not cry, but just groans, then everything is in order. So he getting ready to master stomach flips and back. Or he saw something new and interesting for himself and wants to take a closer look at it. You just need to change the position of the child so that it is convenient for him to consider a new object.
The consequences of childhood diseases can respond to well-being in the future. And neglected diseases lead to negative consequences. If the baby bends in the back and cries, you should consult a doctor as soon as possible. He will either make the correct diagnosis and prescribe treatment or rule out any disease and reassure parents.
If the child is full (i.e. the reason is not hunger) then this is gaziki. Try to put a vent pipe. We were advised by a pediatrician even though the child stopped suffering. The only moment: the tube may clog, then it must be washed and put back in. In general, we did this: massage the abdomen 4 times clockwise and counterclockwise. Next tube: grease and ass and slowly enter the tube. Then come the gaziki and possibly feces, which the child, due to the undeveloped intestines, could not penetrate. Next, you can help him a little more. To do this, press the child with his back to himself, grab the knees and bring them parallel to the child’s stomach, to ensure that his back is straight. There is still possible exit gazikov and feces. We were saved by this. Good luck to moms.
So you advise the vent tube, and you know what percentage of intestinal rupture in infants after such manipulations ..?