What should I do if my 3-month-old baby’s head keeps tilting to one side?

Three-month-old babies head is always tilted to one side, may be physiological reasons, but also may be caused by the inclined neck, such as congenital muscular inclined neck, ophthalmologic inclined neck, bony inclined neck, etc., it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination to clarify the cause, and then choose the corrective exercise, massage correction, surgical treatment, and so on. 1. Physiological reasons: three-month-old baby’s head is always tilted to one side, it may be caused by poor head control and weak muscle strength of the back of the neck. Usually you can guide the baby more, to be the baby muscle strength increases, after the head control is strengthened, there will not be the phenomenon of the head always to the side of the phenomenon. 2. Oblique neck: (1) congenital myoclonus: due to the contracture of the sternocleidomastoid muscle caused by the oblique neck, is often referred to as a crooked neck, belongs to the congenital neck development deformity, if the three-month-old baby appears to be a myoclonus, can be corrected by massage. If the baby is more than one year old, surgery should be considered. (2) Ophthalmologic strabismus: generally refers to strabismus caused by squinting of the eyes. Three-month-old babies can have strabismus exercises under the guidance of professional doctors, such as covering the good eye and training the eye on the strabismus side to see things alone, and correcting it through repeated exercises to improve strabismus and strabismus. (3) Bony strabismus: Usually strabismus is caused by misalignment of cervical vertebrae or abnormal development of the odontoid process, and should be treated surgically by orthopaedic surgery at a specialized children’s hospital. There are many reasons why a three-month-old baby’s head is always tilted to one side. It is recommended to go to the relevant department of a regular hospital as soon as possible for examination, to find out the reasons and take targeted treatment measures in time.

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