Babies Flashcards
What is Pyloric Stenosis?
The pyloric sphincter (sphincter between the lower part of the stomach and small bowel (duodenum)), becomes narrow, constricted or blocked causing forceful vomiting of undigested milk that may lead to dehydration.
Awareness of condition affecting baby between birth and 6 months.
How would you treat Pyloric Stenosis?
Awareness of condition affecting baby between birth and 6 months. Thickened pylorus muscle can be felt during feeding as a small hard lump on the right side of the stomach.
Release shock and trauma held in the system -
working with the emotional centres - solar or coeliac plexus.
Superior cervical sympathetic chain and sub-occiput to release the jugular foramen and vagus nerve.
how many fontanelles are there and what ages do they close
6 - 1 Anterior Fontanelle (bregma) 18 - 24 months,
1 Posterior Fontanelle (lambda) 3 months
2 Antero-lateral Fontanelle (pterion) 3 months
2 Postero-lateral Fontanelle (asterio) 1 year
How many parts is the temporal bone in on a baby
3 - petro-mastoid portion, zygomatic portion and tympanic ring,
Is the mastoid processes developed in the neonate skull
no
When does the occipital region fully ossified
Gradually fuses over 6 yrs.
squamous portions fuse - by 3 years
Condylar-basilar portions fuse - by 6 years
Thus it is susceptible to distortion during an arduous birth, falls and nocks as the child grows.
where is the symphysis mentis
A faint ridge or line joining the two mandible halves together at front of chin.
how would you treat colic in a baby
Address overall shock and overstimulated sympathetic system.
Identify fulcrums.
Work with the sympathetic plexi - esp coeliac plexus (solar plex) and cardiac plexus (heart chakra).
Treat the whole system.
Sub-occipital release with attention to Jugular Foramen and Vagus Nerve.
Sacrum
Emotional qualities in system.
Family field and life in relation to baby.
Diet/ allergies re mum.
what two main elements can birth trauma be divided into
physical forces on the baby and shock effects
What would you expect to find with a baby with colic?
Tight, contracted and overstimulated solar plexus area.
Overstimulated ANS.
how would you release the sub-occipital in a newborn baby?
Soft flat fingers under the occiput.
Crown- Cranial Base contact.
Occipital Condyle contact - higher on the occiput
Treat the whole system
how would you release umbilical shock
with umbilical hold. Fingers bunched together in belly button. other hand underneath back transverse at same level.
where is the notocord
located from umbilical to the crown . grows into and become part of the vertical body . It is a flexible rod in the foetus.
Why is the Occiput prone to distortion at birth?
At birth the Occiput is in 4 separate portions separated by cartilage.- surrounds the Foramen Magnum and part of the jugular foramen.
Severe birth trauma, head injuries and nocks can affect how the bones fuse, impinge on the spinal cord and vagus nerve. The Cartilaginous areas are less able to self-correct than membranous structures.
How does the Sphenoid of a baby differ from that of an adult?
Sphenoid of a baby is in 3 parts:
Central body + Lesser wings
Right / Left Greater Wing + Pterygoid Plates
3 parts unite within first few months of birth
Pterygoid plates are usually short at birth. It is the sucking motion during feeding that causes them to lengthen.
