Henan Business Daily reporter Xiong Zhuotian
First, what is the problem that children have headaches as soon as they learn?
Is it an excuse not to learn? Or is there something wrong with the psyche?
Neither, there may be cervical spine problems!
"Doctor aunt, I want to screw my head off"
Xiaohua, a 15-year-old boy, has been the kind of "other people's child" since he was a child - sensible, obedient, and excellent. Especially in terms of learning, he has a strong "self-drive", even during the holidays, he will arrange the study plan to the fullest, cutting the time at 45-minute intervals.
However, gradually, when he was studying, he began to have headaches, and they became more and more intense, and finally came to the pain department of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University for treatment, and was diagnosed with "cervical headache". When I saw the film, everyone present was shocked, and the curvature of the cervical spine of the 15-year-old teenager has been bent in the opposite direction!
At a young age, the neck turned out to be like this?
What is cervical regurgitation? What are the dangers?
Are such cases common in daily life?
Should parents pay attention to the "low-headed family"?
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With this case, Aunt Bao interviewed Liu Qiuliang, a professor of pediatric surgery at Zheng University First Affiliated Hospital, who first explained what is called cervical regurgitation:
The cervical spine has normal physiological curvature, and the normal cervical spine is positive "C" shaped, curving forward, ensuring a high degree of flexibility in cervical spine activity. Improper cervical spine activity, which can cause the cervical spine to bend in the opposite direction, forming a ")" shape, as shown in the figure above, is a rather serious problem for the cervical spine.
"According to the degree of development of cervical regurgitation, there will be muscle strain in the neck and back in the early stage, causing muscle soreness; further development will lead to compression of the carotid vertebral arteries, causing insufficient blood supply to the brain, dizziness, and headaches." Liu Qiuliang reminded that if it develops further and the peripheral nerves are pressurized, there may be limb numbness, nausea and vomiting, which will cause paralysis in severe cases.
However, "before the cervical spine is reversed, there will be a process, that is, the C-shaped arc gradually becomes straight, that is, the curvature of the cervical spine becomes straight." "Liu Qiuliang said that clinically there are not many cases of cervical vertebrae regurgitation in contact with children, but there are not a few children whose cervical spine curve is straightened, and some children are still in primary school, and the cervical spine has become a straight line." Cervical spondylosis is no longer an adult disease or cervical spondylosis. ”
Second, why is this situation created?
Liu Qiuliang told Aunt Bao that during the growth and development of children, the bones are more fragile and easy to form. "Take kindergarten children, if you go to the classroom to observe carefully, you will find that some children eat properly, and some are hunched over..."
He asked rhetorically: Is it caused by the pressure of children's learning now? Is it too long to study?
It is undeniable that the bad posture of bowing down to study will induce the curvature of the cervical spine to straighten or reverse the arch, but more often the reason is to play with electronic products such as mobile phones and computers.
Parents will subconsciously pay attention to their children's posture of learning and writing homework, but they will not pay much attention to the posture of their children playing with mobile phones. For example, some children lie down to play with their mobile phones, lie down and watch TV... And will feel that the child is still young, far from cervical spondylosis.
"The curvature of the cervical spine is actually a slow development process, and it is conceivable that when a child has cervical spine problems, his bad habits have existed for a long time." Liu Qiuliang said with a sense of generalization.
Third, to prevent cervical spine problems from an early age, Liu Qiuliang suggested that we must do the following:
1. Correct use of mobile phones and computers
Straighten the waist plate, thereby reducing the pressure on the cervical spine and avoiding neck pain, shoulder pain and other conditions. At this point, Liu Qiuliang also reminded that parents are the best teachers for children, and parents should lead by example, try not to lie in front of their children to play with mobile phones, watch TV, etc., otherwise children will think that this is the "correct way to open" to play mobile phones! ”
The correct posture when playing with the phone
2. Pay attention to the height of the pillow. 18-25 cm is appropriate for adults and 10-15 cm for children.
Moreover, the material of the pillow core should be reed flowers or mung bean shells with a slightly harder texture, buckwheat shells, etc., and it is not recommended to use too soft sponge pillows or strong bamboo pillows.
3. Now children are under great pressure to learn, not only to do more eye health exercises, but also to do more cervical spine self-care exercises.
But Aunt Bao would like to remind you here not to rotate the cervical spine immediately when you are tired, but to make the following preparations to avoid cervical spine strain, sprain or sound.
4. The most important point is to take more children to exercise, play badminton, basketball, running, swimming, etc., even if you run and play with children in the community, play less mobile phones, and get closer to nature.
Finally, Liu Qiuliang also reminded that poor living habits and posture will not only cause problems with the cervical spine, but also make the spine problems, such as scoliosis.
"As the old saying goes, teenagers are the flowers of the motherland and the hope of the future, but if the flowers 'fold' their waists, can they still thrive?" He told Aunt Bao that the "bending over" here is not alarmist, in recent years, the incidence of scoliosis has increased year by year, and has been listed with myopia and obesity as the three major "killers" that endanger the health of adolescents.
He has screened scoliosis on students from the first to third grades of a middle school and found that nearly 20% of the more than 1,000 middle school students had scoliosis of varying degrees.
"Whether it is the cervical spine or the spine, it needs early detection and early treatment." Liu Qiuliang said that parents should especially be good "supervisors".
cervical vertebra:
If you find that children often say neck pain, or often twist their necks, especially boys, after playing games and playing mobile phones, they will unconsciously rotate their necks, etc., be sure to observe more, reduce the time for children to play mobile phones and computers, and take children to exercise; when children have unexplained headaches, dizziness, or often fall pillows, shoulder and neck pain, be sure to seek medical treatment in time.
Spine Self Test:
Let the child bend down and reach the ground, keep the knee joint straight, and the parent observes from behind whether the entire spine is in a straight line, and whether there is bilateral back asymmetry, including the height of the back, the width and narrowness of the back, and whether there is a thoracic deformity and rib bulge. If the naked eye can see obvious asymmetry or curvature, there will be scoliosis, and you must seek medical attention in time.
Finally, refuse to "bow your head" and start with dolls!