Infant’s temples concave may be due to the skull is not yet fully developed, is a normal situation, but also may be microcephaly, rickets and other diseases.
1. Normal: the baby’s temples concave is usually due to the baby’s skull is not yet fully developed, is a normal situation.
2. Microcephaly: Microcephaly is mostly caused by genetic factors, maternal infection, malnutrition and other factors. Mainly manifested as small head circumference, forehead narrowing, small cranial vault and other head and face abnormalities, so the baby’s temples concave may be due to microcephaly.
3. Rickets: Rickets is caused by a variety of causes of vitamin D deficiency, causing the body of calcium and phosphorus metabolism abnormalities, which triggered by skeletal lesions, such as cranial softening, square skull, chicken chest, etc., commonly found in pediatrics, can appear in the case of temple concavity.
There may also be other reasons for the concave temples of infants, 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.