Nosology–Culture-Bound

Transcultural Infant Mental Health

Caida de MolleraSunken FontanelleCaida de Varillas

• Depressed Fontanelle

• Caused by Dehydration or sudden impression or negative impression

• Standing up baby too soon

• Fussiness

• Excessive crying

• Appears sad or anxious

• May have digestive problems

• Stand Upside Down and Strike the Plants of Feet

• Correct Sunkeness by Raising the Hard Palate

• Massage to Neck to Correct the Varillas

• Infusions. Other Massage

Manifestations

Intervention

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