While plagiocephaly won't have any lasting harmful effects on your baby's neurological development, it is possible that, left untreated, the head will remain misshapen into adulthood.
While plagiocephaly won't have any lasting harmful effects on your baby's neurological development, it is likely that, left untreated, the head will remain misshapen into adulthood.
While plagiocephaly is a highly treatable condition, research has shown that the best results are achieved when treatment starts early.
Not exact matches
Positional
plagiocephaly, or
plagiocephaly without synostosis (PWS), can be associated with supine sleeping position (OR: 2.5).113 It is most likely to result if the infant's head position is not varied when placed for sleep, if the infant spends little or no time in awake, supervised tummy time, and if the infant is not held in the upright position when not sleeping.113, — , 115 Children with developmental delay and / or neurologic injury have increased rates of PWS, although a causal relationship has not been demonstrated.113, 116, — , 119 In healthy normal children, the incidence of PWS decreases spontaneously from 20 % at 8 months to 3 % at 24 months of age.114 Although data to make specific recommendations as to how often and how long tummy time should be undertaken are lacking, supervised tummy time
while the infant is awake is recommended on a daily basis.
«Interestingly, however,
while supine [on the back] positioning has been a well - established risk factor for the development of
plagiocephaly, we were not able to demonstrate a logical correlation to indicate more severe flattening from the supine position.»
While these are by no means a likely outcome, in moderate to severe cases of infant
plagiocephaly, they are possible if the flattening is left untreated.