How to nurse baby after operation of torticollis
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The child of colleague home has the circumstance of torticollis, when looking at at at ordinary times, the neck is crooked, undertook the operation treatment to the hospital later, so, how does darling torticollis nurse after the operation? Let's talk about it.
How to nurse baby after operation of torticollis
Nursing method 1: general nursing, prepare the bed, make the children lie in a reasonable position according to the doctor's advice, take the flat position before the children are awake under general anesthesia, with the head leaning to one side; closely observe the changes of vital signs such as body temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure; pay attention to whether there is bleeding and bleeding in the wound, and contact the doctor if necessary to take further measures.
Nursing method two, the nursing children with jaw pillow traction awake, stable condition after jaw pillow traction. The weight of traction is 3-4kg, and the deviation is 20-30 ° to the healthy side. The traction direction should be at an upward angle of 20 ° with the bed surface to prevent occipital crush injury. Children sleep to prevent pressure on the neck caused by hypoxia or asphyxia. The time from traction to stitching removal was 1-2 weeks.
The third nursing method is to strengthen the nursing of head and neck functional exercise, so as to keep the head and neck in the past correction position for a long time, which is easy to make the broken end of sternocleidomastoid muscle on the affected side adhere to the surrounding soft tissue and lack of elasticity. Therefore, after removing the stitches, we should cooperate with the doctor to do head and neck functional exercise. Methods to guide the children's chin to the affected side and occipital to the healthy side after removing the suture, so that the sternocleidomastoid muscle can be relaxed and elastic in the movement. There should be a gradual and gradual process during the exercise, from less to more, and the amount of movement should be from small to large.
matters needing attention
Baby in the torticollis postoperative care is particularly critical, to promote the improvement of the condition and the recovery of the body, at the same time, also pay attention to postoperative vision exercise.
