Tremor is a systematic twitching of newborns, chin, legs. If this phenomenon is accompanied by hypertension in the muscle tissues, then we can conclude that the nervous system of the crumb is not yet mature enough and is characterized by high excitability. Tremor of extremities or head in newborns is noted quite often - every second baby. There is a muscle contraction with a strong excitement (fear, crying) or in a dream (in its fast phase). If the baby is not two months old, then the tremor is considered the norm. However, the parents are obliged to inform the parents!
Causes of tremor
If a child cries, his peripheral nervous system reacts to a tremor, which allows stabilizing the condition. These are the characteristics of the infant child system. Obviously, this type of tremor is not treated in newborns. Tremor occurs in newborns when they are two to three months old. In this case, during the first or second month of life, jerking is noted mainly during sleep or with a strong sense of hunger.
The biological causes of tremor in newborns are associated with a high level of the brain hormone produced by the adrenal glands, norepinephrine. This hormone provides a link between nerve impulses. Do not forget that the light babies appear with undeveloped peripheral and central nervous systems, so hormones in the body and "raging". By the way, any of the factors that affects the development of the newborn's central nervous system can be considered the cause of the tremor. This also applies to hypoxia, if the child did not receive enough oxygen during childbirth, and to the birth trauma, and even to the stress experienced by the expectant mother in the last weeks of pregnancy.
To treat or not to treat?
The exact answer to the question, whether to treat a tremor in newborns, and how, you can give only an experienced pediatrician. Even if the tremor in the crumb was observed several times, the doctor should know about this necessarily! The fact that the cause of periodic tremor of the hands, feet and chin in newborns can be dangerous diseases, which in the first months of life are difficult to diagnose. If the intense twitching of the limbs, and the special legs and head, with hunger or excessive excitation of the baby are not connected, then these symptoms are extremely disturbing. If, to all other things, it lasts more than three months, then the problem is obvious. Such a manifestation of tremor can mean that the crumb develops hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, hyperglycemia, sepsis , withdrawal syndrome, hypocalcemia, or even inside the cranium, a hemorrhage occurred. Fortunately, such diagnoses are confirmed very rarely.
There is no cause for anxiety, much less panic, if the tremor is noted in the infant only in a dream, with fright, or loud crying. However, it is possible to speed up the solution of the problem. Effective for tremor in newborns massage. It can be carried out when crumbs
Good results in the treatment of tremors are noted and when performing special gymnastics. Excellent, if there is a swimming pool nearby, in which suitable conditions for employment with infants are created . In his absence, gymnastics can be done in a usual bath.