Head Banging: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Head Banging

Head banging, hand, wrist or finger biting are present. Onychotyllomania is not observed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] deletion, while a subset of small deletion cases with deletions spanning from TNFRSF13B to MFAP4 was less likely to exhibit brachycephaly, dental anomalies, iris abnormalities, head-banging [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Aggression and self-mutilation, head-banging and hand-biting, and sleep disorders are the most typical behaviors, causing management problems. [pediatricneurologybriefs.com]

Parasomnia Type Sleepwalking

Head banging, wetting the bed and grinding your teeth are also other forms of parasomnias. [wexnermedical.osu.edu]

and the most common symptom is head banging. [en.wikipedia.org]

banging and head rolling, that occur around bedtime, at sleep onset or during sleep. [uofmhealth.org]

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

banging requiring extreme management techniques such as the application of restraints and or extraction of teeth at an early age. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

banging. [whonamedit.com]

Self-injury (including biting and head banging) is the most common and distinctive behavioral problem in individuals with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Sleep Disorders

The term rhythmic movement disorders (RMD) was introduced for these repetive movements in sleep which may appear as head banging (jactatio capitis), body rocking or leg rolling [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This happens most often in children and can result in body rocking, head banging or head rolling. [sleepeducation.org]

Head banging, wetting the bed and grinding your teeth are also other forms of parasomnias. [wexnermedical.osu.edu]

Breath-Holding Spell

Pallid form: This form typically follows a painful experience, such as falling and banging the head, but can follow frightening or startling events. [merckmanuals.com]

The pallid form typically follows a painful experience, such as falling and banging the head or being suddenly startled. [merckmanuals.com]

Baker-Gordon Syndrome

Abnormal behaviors such as outbursts of anger, poor attention span, head-banging, and self-mutilation are common. Central sleep apnea has been described. [disorders.eyes.arizona.edu]

Other common features included feeding difficulties, including gastroesophageal reflux; behavioral abnormalities, including head-banging, hand chewing, stereotypic behaviors [findzebra.com]

Trichomalacia

Habitual Habit tics, head rolling, and banging. [deepdyve.com]

X-linked Mental Retardation Type Cabezas

He displayed stereotypical patterns of behavior including head banging, licking his hands and bruxism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ablepharon Macrostomia Syndrome

Stereotyped self-injurious behaviour includes repetitive head-banging, face-slapping, eye-poking, and biting of hands, lips or other body parts. [wordscope.com]

The movements that are of a non self-injurious variety include: body-rocking, head-rocking, hair-plucking, hair-twisting, finger-flicking mannerisms, and hand-flapping. [wordscope.com]

Collins-Sakati-Nyhan Syndrome

As the disease progresses, affected individuals frequently develop finger biting and head banging. The self-injury can increase during times of stress. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

This self-injury involves the biting of their own lips, tongue, and finger tips, as well as head banging. This behavior leads to serious injury and scarring. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Pervasive Developmental Disorder

[…] or head-banging. [opwdd.ny.gov]

Early differences in autistic children include that they prefer to play by themselves and often develop rituals and repetitive behaviors, including rocking and head-banging [healthcentral.com]

Repetitive body movements or patterns of behavior, such as hand flapping, spinning and, head banging. Changing response to sound. [medicinenet.com]

Basilar Artery Thrombosis

Head banging associated with basilar artery thrombosis. [neurologyindia.com]

He was a musician and had a history of intensive head banging. [neurologyindia.com]

Head banging can be up-down, circular swing, full body, or side-to-side. [neurologyindia.com]

Acquired Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

New Features: New topics for this edition include: Amenorrhea, Asberger Syndrome, Dental Trauma, Head banging, Mental Retardation, Narcolepsy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder [books.google.de]

Podder-Tolmie Syndrome

banging or biting of tongue, lips, and fingers can lead to severe injury; dementia is often reported. [nilons.com]

[…] disorders, emotional disorders, and psychiatric manifes- tations are common; depression, paranoia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-mutilation behavior; compulsive head [nilons.com]

Temporal Lobe Disorder

Often self-stimulatory behaviors (i.e. arm flapping, rocking, spinning, or head banging) develop. [alasbimnjournal.net]

Self-Inflicted Injury

[…] behaviors: Cutting Burning (or "branding" with hot objects) Excessive body piercing or tattooing Picking at skin or re-opening wounds Hair -pulling ( trichotillomania ) Head-banging [webmd.com]

Hair-pulling Hitting or punching (with a hammer or other object) Hitting his/her head (head banging) Piercing the skin using sharp objects Picking at skin or reopening wounds [health.ny.gov]

Some forms may include: carving scratching branding marking picking, and pulling skin and hair burning/abrasions cutting biting head banging bruising hitting tattooing excessive [aacap.org]

Autism Spectrum Disorder

[…] intense focus on one item, unresponsiveness, lack of understanding social cues (like tone of voice or body language), repetitive movements, or self-abusive behavior like head-banging [medicinenet.com]

[…] including any of these signs: Performs repetitive movements, such as rocking, spinning or hand flapping Performs activities that could cause self-harm, such as biting or head-banging [mayoclinic.org]

There are also body movements that are typical of children with ASD, such as repetitive hand flapping and spinning, as well as head-banging and poor coordination. [rch.org.au]

Clastothrix

These include – Prolonged, excessive and repetitive ultraviolet exposure Habit tics, head banging and rolling can cause hair damage and breakage Chemical trauma caused to [qr678.in]

Disorders like trichotillomania, or compulsive hair pulling, and behaviors like head banging may also damage the hair shaft. [wisegeek.com]

Head rolling and banging; habit tics; trichotillomania; and the scratching and pulling associated with pruritic dermatoses, such as seborrheic dermatitis and pediculosis capitis [emedicine.medscape.com]

Isolated Trigonocephaly

All of them had clinical symptoms such as severe hyperactivity, speech delay, inability to communicate with others, self-mutilation (head banging), irritability, temper tantrum [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tourette Syndrome

A few people with severe Tourette syndrome demonstrate self-harming behaviors such as lip and cheek biting and head banging against hard objects. [ucdmc.ucdavis.edu]

A few patients with TS demonstrate self-harming behaviours such as lip and cheek biting and head banging. [brainfoundation.org.au]

In rare cases, people with Tourette syndrome might have a tic that makes them harm themselves, such as head banging. [kidshealth.org]

Tic Disorder

Head banging is most commonly associated with developmental delay or autism. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Examples include: Facial grimacing; Bending to touch the floor; Smoothing of clothing; Lip biting; Head banging; Touching people or things; Obscene gestures (NHS 2013). [theravive.com]

Head banging continues in 1-3% of children older than 3 years. The behavior can recur at age 5-6 years. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Chromosome 12q Deletion

banging leading to severe self-inflicted injuries. [scielo.br]

[…] clinodactyly on hand; (C) Polydactyly on the left foot The neurological evaluation was noteworthy for severe agitation associated with a self-aggressive behavior characterized by head [scielo.br]

Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome

banging. [mdsabstracts.org]

[…] or vocal tics like in Tourette syndrome, hyperventilation episodes, bruxism, attention-deficit disorder, self-harm behaviors including self-biting, face scratching, and head [mdsabstracts.org]

Pitt-Hopkins-Like Syndrome Type 1

Head shaking, head banging, body rocking, teeth grinding (bruxism) and hair pulling may also be seen. [rarediseases.org]

Table 6 Behavioural Characteristics in 101 PTHS Individuals Full size table (Unusual) repetitive movements are described frequently, such as head shaking, head banging, body [ojrd.biomedcentral.com]

Isolated optic nerve hypoplasia

They may be extraordinarily sensitive to certain sounds, textures, and smells, or exhibit behaviors such as body-rocking, hand-flapping, or head-banging. [glassescrafter.com]

Myopia Type 17

Repeated head banging can potentially cause detachment of the retina, which although a concern, is not a high risk. [rarediseases.org]

A common initial sign is head banging during early childhood. Frequent upper body squeezes often described as “self-hugging” is also common. [rarediseases.org]

In addition to head banging, affected children may develop other self-injurious behavior such as hand biting, face slapping, skin picking, and wrist biting. [rarediseases.org]

Channelopathy-Associated Congenital Insensitivity to Pain

If you step on a piece of glass or bang your head too hard, you know you need medical attention. But what if you never felt it? [science.howstuffworks.com]

[…] his head on the wall because he got pleasantly dizzy. [forums.sherdog.com]

NGF -CIP) Risk of hyperthermia Insensitivity to pain not a feature Lesch-Nyhan syndrome HPRT1 XL Progressive self-injurious behavior (biting fingers, hands, lips, cheeks; banging [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ververi-Brady Syndrome

“It was a continuous cycle of stress and it felt like I was just banging my head against the wall.” [nypost.com]

“It was a constant cycle of stress and it felt like just banging my head against the wall.” [ustimetoday.com]

Pyle's Disease

That is, the news of how he died and what he died from will help other families cope with the tragedy of seeing their loved ones disintegrate from the head-banging they got [chicago.suntimes.com]

CTE comes from concussions, from head-banging. ‘‘We went to see Dr. Amen in California back in, oh, 2006,’’ Candy Pyle, Mike’s wife, says. [silverado.com]

Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome

Behavioral characteristics such as: feeding difficulties, aggressive outbursts, anxiety, hand biting, head banging, stereotypical hand or head movements; • Distinctive facial [secure.ssa.gov]

Other behavioral characteristics that have been reported include unusual behavior during feeding, aggressive outbursts, anxiety, hand biting and head banging, and other stereotypic [rareguru.com]

Head shaking, head banging, body rocking, teeth grinding (bruxism) and hair pulling may also be seen. [rarediseases.org]