All parents closely monitor the development of their children. And many of them begin to sound the alarm when they find out that their baby has any symptoms of illness or other abnormalities. Such parental anxiety is fully justified, because there are cases when an instant response to changes in the body allows you to avoid serious consequences. In this article, we will consider one of such causes of anxiety - the bald patch on the nape of the child. But just in this situation, panic is not particularly worth it, since this feature can not lead to any serious consequence. Bald nape of the child - a phenomenon quite common, occurs in 90% of children under the age of six months.
So why does the child bald the back of the head?
In most cases, for this particular feature, the definition of a wiped nape in a child will be more appropriate. Since the first six months of the child spends mainly on his back, and not just lies immobility, but twists his head in different directions. Therefore, the child has a bald spot on the back of his head and appears. As a rule, the back of the head begins to gradually grow hairy after only six months, when the child is already starting to sit down and spends less time in one position (on the back).
It is worth noting that there is another reason for the appearance of the bald spot in the baby. Lysina on the nape may appear at the initial stage of manifestation of rickets in children . But in this case, there are other symptoms that confirm this deviation. Such symptoms include:
- severe sweating;
- insomnia;
- increased anxiety of the child (for no apparent reason).
Alopecia due to the initial stage of rickets has a slightly different character, the bald head is more clearly visible and it occupies a slightly larger area. In any case, to resolve your internal doubts, it is best to consult a pediatrician about the true cause of baldness.