Neurologist told what complaints parents of children and why the baby ultrasound of the brain

On the air of the talk show "PRO HEALTH" on the YouTube channel "WATCH AND LIVE" doctor, pediatric neurologist of the 18th city children's polyclinic of Minsk Anna Gorskaya shared what complaints are most often addressed by parents of young children and at what age a fontanel can heal. It's from sb.by. What questions do you ask a child neurologist? At an appointment with a child neurologist come with various complaints. In some cases, patients are not even able to articulate what is bothering them in the behavior or motor system of their baby. Recently, my mother approached me at the reception with a non-specific complaint that the child holds her hand differently with her right and left handle. Among the most frequent complaints of young children are questions about how correctly, harmoniously the child is developing at the moment. Parents of older children have complaints about some involuntary movements of their child, a violation of behavior, delays in speech development. And in children even older, they are more likely to complain of headaches, dizziness, in some cases - for a violation of blood pressure, sleep, memory, concentration, the specialist listed. Of the serious complaints, from the point of view of a neurologist, which are a little less common, is a violation with vision, for example, if the eyes began to look in different directions or there was double vision, a sharp decrease in visual acuity. These are the complaints that patients would like to see a pediatric neurologist.

Illustrative SB photo When should I have my first appointment with a neurologist? The very first appointment with a pediatric neurologist occurs at the age of one month. Next, the neurologist should look at how well the child is developing at three months, at six months, and necessarily at one year. Then the observation of a pediatric neurologist occurs less often: before kindergarten, school. And in adolescence, boys are tied to the military enlistment office. At the age of 17, a transfer epicrisy is issued to an adult clinic, said Anna Gorskaya. Why would an ultrasound be a baby? Currently, ultrasound of the brain is done almost every baby. This research method helps to rule out gross neurological congenital pathology or examine the brain of a child under one year of age if there is a suspicion of increased intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus or related conditions. Ideally, every child should undergo an ultrasound of the brain from zero to a month, the neurologist stressed. How quickly should the fontanel heal? A fontanelle needs a baby just to be born. The bones of the skull in the baby are soft, and his head is the largest thing that must pass through the birth canal of the mother. The fontanelle was created by nature so that the bones of the skull at the time of birth slightly shifted and returned back. After birth, the baby does not need a fontanel, doctors use it to perform ultrasound of the brain. The fontanelle can be small (half a centimeter) or large (by 2-3 centimeters), but this does not affect the further development of the child, how he will grow up. Fontanelle can overgrow both in the first months of life, that is, up to 6 months, and later - up to a year, or even up to 2 years. And all this is a physiological norm, the doctor explained.

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