What is the reason for the baby's thumb to bend inward?

Babies are the apple of their parents' eyes and the flowers of the future of the motherland. The healthy growth of babies is what parents pay most attention to. The inward-turning of babies' thumbs worries many parents. Parents will accompany their babies attentively during their growth process. If you find that your baby's thumbs are inward-turned, don't worry. First, you should find out the reason for the inward-turning of the baby's thumbs, and then improve the symptoms in time. Some bad habits in daily life can also cause the baby's thumbs to be inward-turned. In this case, parents should change them through the baby's good habits in daily life. There are also reasons such as poor muscle stretching ability. So what are the reasons for the inward-turning of babies' thumbs? Then the symptoms were relieved according to the cause of thumb inward turning.

1. Poor muscle stretching ability

Its main manifestation is that the fingers are clenched into a fist, the thumb is flexed and adducted, and the other four fingers are outside or inside the thumb. Many people get nervous when they see their baby's thumbs curled inward, worrying that the baby has cerebral palsy. In fact, the baby has been clenching his fists while in the mother's womb, so he will often clench his fists in the first month after birth. This is a normal physiological phenomenon.

2. Frequent and continuous fist clenching

As time goes by, the duration and degree of a baby's thumb inward retraction will gradually decrease. Therefore, if the baby continues to clench his fist for more than two months, it should be taken seriously. In addition, the baby may still have a hand grasping reflex within four months after birth, so it is normal for the baby to occasionally curl the thumb inward during this period. However, if the baby continues to clench the fist and curl the thumb inward, or the inward curling does not decrease or improve within 4-6 months, then you must be vigilant and take the baby to see a doctor as soon as possible.

3. Adverse effects

The inward-turning thumb of infants will not only affect the development of fine functions such as grasping, gripping and pinching in the future, but will also affect the progress of training programs such as hand support, posture change, crawling, etc. in rehabilitation training, and affect motor development. Moms, pay attention!

IV. Treatment

It is important to choose a timely treatment method for thumb adduction. In daily life, parents should pay attention to their children's symptoms. If the child's thumb adduction persists for a long time, they need to take the child to a regular hospital for treatment in time to avoid affecting the child's normal life in the future.

5. Experts remind

Parents should be cautious when choosing a treatment method for thumb adduction for their children. Although there are many methods to treat thumb adduction, parents should choose the appropriate treatment method based on their children's actual condition.