Sleeping with the head tilted back is normal and is related to the young age of the child. Secondly, it can also be caused by upper motor neuron injury and other reasons.
1. Normal situation: the child’s age, the neck support is weak, it will appear tilting the head to sleep.
2. Upper motor neuron injury: Upper motor neuron injury refers to the damage of motor neurons above the motor cells in the anterior horn of the spinal cord, and the child will experience muscle tonus, which will cause frequent tilting of the head, resulting in frequent tilting of the head in sleep.
There may be other reasons for children to tilt their heads when sleeping, 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 therapy under the guidance of the doctor.