Symptoms of hypertonia in preterm infants?

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In recent years, the incidence rate of muscle Zhang Ligao has gradually increased. The appearance of high muscle tension has a great impact on the health of children. In order to better treat the baby's high muscle tension, it is very important to understand the performance of the baby's high muscle tension. The symptoms of baby's high muscle tension is an important basis for early detection and treatment of the disease. Starting from the symptoms, targeted treatment for patients will have better effect. Let's talk about the symptoms of high muscle tone in premature infants?

Symptoms of hypertonia in preterm infants?

1. In daily life, this is a typical performance. Children with high muscle tension are often more irritable, frightened, crying, difficult to fall asleep, it is difficult to insert their arms into their sleeves when dressing, and it is difficult to break their fists when taking a bath. When their lower limbs enter the bathtub or water surface, the child's whole body becomes stiff immediately. The lower limbs of the children with high Baoji tension were straight, adducted and crossed, showing scissors shape. When the baby appears the above performance, we must pay attention to.

2. Sometimes the baby will have muscle tension. There is no objective instrument to measure whether the muscle tension is too high. Depending on the doctor's hand feeling and experience, sometimes the baby may be wrongly judged as the performance of high muscle tension if he does not cooperate. For example, when checking, the baby is unwilling and his legs are straight. In addition, when the child stands, he always lands on his toes at the beginning, But generally children will slowly put their feet flat; But the baby with high muscle tension will stand on tiptoe all the time, even if you press it down with your hand, it may not be able to put his feet flat

3. In addition to the above symptoms, the baby's muscle with high muscle tension is tighter than that of ordinary children, and the activity is harder, which is also the performance of the baby's high muscle tension. When changing diapers, the average child's legs should be able to open to 120 degrees, while children with high muscle tension can't. Children of more than four months will jump when they are asked to stand on the belly of adults, but children with high muscle tension will only stand straight and sink into the meat of adults with their toes. So we must find and treat as soon as possible.

matters needing attention

It is worth noting for parents that if a child of more than four months is asked to stand on the belly of an adult, he will jump, but the child with high muscular tension will stand straight, and at this time, he can see that the baby's toes will sink into the flesh of an adult; When parents find these abnormal phenomena of their children, they must send them to the hospital for treatment in time. Only in this way can early detection and early treatment ensure the health of children.