Baby jerking may be a physiological phenomenon, but it may also be caused by pediatric epilepsy, meningitis and other diseases.
1. Physiological phenomenon: it is usually considered because the baby is still young, the muscle development is still not perfect, and can not control the body’s activities well, so it is easy to appear the phenomenon of jerking at certain times, such as hunger, body temperature and so on.
2. Pediatric epilepsy: the causes of this disease include heredity, congenital hydrocephalus, pathogenic microbial infections, poisoning, metabolic abnormalities, etc. The common symptoms include straightening of the eyes, straightening of the limbs or convulsions, which can be manifested as jerking of the child.
3. Meningitis: This disease is mainly caused by enterovirus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other pathogenic microorganisms, which can be induced by poor nutrition, low immunity, cold weather and other factors, leading to fever, chills, neck straightening and other symptoms, so the child exists in the manifestation of jerking.
There may be other reasons for the baby’s jerking, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment under the guidance of the doctor.