Babies With Flat Heads On The Rise

Positional plagiocephaly also called deformational plagiocephaly is the most common type of flat head syndrome.

Babies with flat heads on the rise.

Flat heads on the rise dr. A new review of the texas birth defects registry shows that cases of flattened heads. Although there has been a recent rise in the incidence of flat head syndrome placing your baby on the back is often not the main cause of the condition. Many babies can develop a flat head as a direct result of their positioning in the womb before they are even born known as positional moulding.

According to the american academy of family physicians it affects up to 50 percent. Now he figures that babies with flat heads account for one of every four new outpatient visits at a i dupont hospital for children in wilmington del where he is a neurosurgeon. Since the 90s we ve seen a lot of kids with flat backs of their heads taub points out. Doctors point out it doesn t inhibit brain development or.