While a baby\'s Fontanelle is unlikely, however, in babies aged 1 within the Fontanelle reflects the good health of an important window. If Mommy knows about it some more, is available from the it perspective to the baby body, if there are unusual circumstances, to know as soon as possible, thus allowing the baby to get early diagnosis and treatment.
Development regularity of normal baby Fontanelle
Human skull is made up of 6 bones. After the baby was born, because of the skull has not yet been fully, so the connection between bone and bone there is a gap, and, after the top of the baby\'s head and pillow forming two without a bone area covered by the Department, which is called the anterior Fontanelle and Fontanelle.
Normal babies at birth, anterior Fontanelle door about 1.5x2cm in size, appearance looks, anterior Fontanelle is flat or a little SAG. In the few months after birth, anterior Fontanelle may change as the head circumference increase and a slight increase, however, after the baby is 6 months, due to ossification of skull occur gradually, gradually became smaller. Typically, when it comes to babies aged 1 to 1 and a half, had basically closed anterior fontanel; posterior Fontanelle usually not too interesting, mostly in baby-2-3 months to close. In babies aged 1, and by observing the fontanel, many diseases can be found, therefore, they are an important perspective on baby health window.
Baby Fontanelle exception
1 baby Fontanelle bulging
Baby\'s anterior fontanel was originally flat, if suddenly drum up, especially when the baby cries more obvious, and touch up tight feeling, at the same time, accompanied with fever, vomiting, and there is even a fan, then the baby\'s increased intracranial pressure. In General, increased intracranial pressure is caused by intracranial infection, the baby may be suffering from various diseases such as meningitis, encephalitis.
If a baby\'s anterior fontanel gradually became full, may be suffering from intracranial tumor or subdural effusion, plot pus, blood, etc; long taking large doses of tetracycline cod liver oil, vitamin a or, or use the adrenaline and for some reason suddenly stop, but you also can make your baby\'s anterior fontanel full. However, vitamin a and tetracycline is deactivated, anterior Fontanelle also becomes gradually flat.
2 baby Sunken fontanel
Mainly seen in the baby\'s lack of water in the body. Not replenish moisture after such as diarrhea, or in order to reduce intracranial pressure and the use of large doses of dehydrating agent, so that first Sunken fontanel. Is to be noted that, Mommy baby in time should be added at this time water, because excessive dehydration can cause metabolic disorders. Baby\'s anterior fontanel of malnutrition, emaciation, also often depression.
3 baby\'s Fontanelle closed early or late to close
Early fontanel closure must be measured when the baby\'s head, if head is lower than normal, possibly brain development. But some body normal babies, in the 5-6 months, former Fontanelle left finger size, seems to have to close. Ossification of the in fact does not, should a doctor identification; Fontanelle later closed mainly refers to the baby has been over 18 months, but the anterior Fontanelle is not closed, appears in rickets, stay small, only a few to Hydrocephalus or increased intracranial pressure due to other reasons, should go to hospital for further checks.
4 baby Fontanelle is too large or too small
Fontanel in generally refers to the baby soon after birth, anterior Fontanelle reached 4-5 cm sizes. Fontanelle is too large may, first of all, there is baby with congenital hydrocephalus, and secondly, that may be caused by congenital rickets. Congenital Hydrocephalus the baby at birth, passes through the birth canal head is crowded, therefore, was born in Fontanelle is very low. But usually a few days after birth, Fontanelle will get up before. And congenital rickets baby not only large anterior fontanel, and the posterior Fontanelle is also great, median of a suture (sagittal suture) wide, before and after two Fontanelle can be connected.
Fontanelle is too small mainly refers to the Fontanelle only a finger tip, most likely there is a small deformity, may also be the skull caused by the early close. Especially the sagittal suture early close will make baby\'s skull long, narrow, formed is called a boat-shaped deformity of the skull, occipital outburst, forehead wide, anterior Fontanelle small or not touch.
Tip:
Meet baby Fontanelle hours, to periodically measuring head, that is, the observed surrounding is within a normal range of baby ahead of the full moon. Since then, every month or every two months should check growth in head circumference, and compared with normal babies, observation. If the head of development in the present normal and 3-4 months after the follow-up also will continue to maintain, even if the Fontanelle is small, and would not affect the development of the brain.
