What are the early symptoms of cerebral palsy in children?

Cerebral palsy is a relatively serious disease. The highest incidence rate is in infants and young children. This has a relatively large impact on the child's future life and causes great harm to the child. When a child has cerebral palsy, he or she is often unable to move independently, and sometimes the limbs will twitch repeatedly. It also has a great impact on the mental aspect. Some children will speak unclearly, and it will have a great impact on the intelligence of some children.

What are the early symptoms of cerebral palsy in children?

1. Involuntary Movement

Children with cerebral palsy will have involuntary movements, which are manifested as athetosis, choreiform movements, dystonia, tremors, etc. The involuntary movements increase when they are nervous, decrease when they are quiet, and disappear after falling asleep.

2. Repeated limb twitching

Repetitive limb twitching is a specific type of symptom of cerebral palsy in children. Once this happens, it may indicate a neurological problem, such as a paroxysmal daze that lasts for a short time but occurs repeatedly. This type of child does not have a big impact on learning, but it may be epilepsy.

3. Poor mental state

Symptoms of cerebral palsy in children also include poor mental state. Generally speaking, a newborn may be eating well but suddenly stop eating and just sleep all day. At this time, you should consider whether it is omphalitis or sepsis. These are very serious illnesses and can be fatal if not treated promptly.

Postural disorders: Various abnormal postures, poor posture stability, the head cannot be upright at 3 months, and is accustomed to leaning to one side, or shaking left and right, front and back. The child does not like to take a bath and has difficulty opening his fist when washing his hands.

4. Intellectual Disability

About 1/4 of the children have normal intelligence, about 1/2 have mild or moderate intellectual disabilities, and about 1/4 have severe intellectual disabilities.

5. Language barriers

Difficulty expressing oneself, unclear pronunciation or stuttering.

6. Visual and auditory impairment

The most common symptoms are esotropia and difficulty distinguishing the rhythm of sounds.

7. Growth and development disorders and short stature.

Now we know the symptoms of cerebral palsy in children. These symptoms can be manifested shortly after the baby is born. We should pay attention to observe the children when taking care of them. Once the child is found to have the above symptoms, he should undergo detailed examination in time. Once it is confirmed that the child has cerebral palsy, the child should be treated in time and rehabilitation training should be carried out for the child.