Small children do not cease to surprise parents with the new actions. But some of such manipulations remain unaddressed adults. What to do if the kid began to scratch the head? Such action of the child can be both a consequence of a certain disease, and unnatural behavior. Therefore you should not disregard rippling by children of the head, and it is necessary to find the reasons of it and to try to get rid of them.
Reasons of manifestation of rippling of the head of kids
The child can begin to scratch the head at the age of 4-5 months. At some children it is shown only in the afternoon, and at others – at any time. If you watch that the kid scratches a long time, very first that you need to make is to change a pillow. Very often all reasons such reasons of concern of the kid come down to low-quality material and filling of this product. In general, it is the best of all to replace a pillow at the small child with the flannelette diaper folded several times. If your kid does not like to sleep on a plain surface, you can enclose him under the head a special orthopedic pillow.
Orthopedic pillows will not allow the child to turn over on a stomach and to be absorbed in a blanket. Also they prevent development of a curvature of cervical vertebras of the baby.
It is possible to carry to the reasons of rippling of the head of the child also such disease as rickets. Because if in an organism of the child there is not enough vitamin D, it strengthens sweating. The emitted sweat very salty, because of it head skin of the baby is irritated and begins to scratch.
One more reason which it is possible to call one of more frequent is an allergy. And it is possible at once and not to notice allergic rashes on the head of the kid because head skin more dense. But irrespective of this child begins to disturb naggers, and he scratches the head. Children of more advanced age can suffer from a pediculosis or in other words louses. 2-3 summer child can pick up these parasites from children in a garden or at a joint game on the street. And louses usually cause the most severe itch of the head, and because of it the kid strongly scratches the head. Children at advanced age can scratch the head just like that or for attraction to themselves of attention.
So at them the bad habit with which it will be difficult to cope can be developed.
How to get rid of an itch of the head of kids
In order that at the kid the itch disappeared, it is necessary to find and eliminate an irritant. To help to find the cause of an itch such experts as the pediatrician, the allergist, the neurologist will be able. But it is impossible to neglect at all it because even the rippling seeming harmless can lead to unpleasant consequences. On the place having combed there can be wounds to which with ease any infection can get. If you cannot independently cope with an itch of the head of the child, you should handle this problem to the expert.