Five-month-old baby cerebral palsy symptoms, parents must pay attention

Cerebral palsy is a medical term that we often hear in daily life. Many babies will show symptoms of cerebral palsy shortly after birth, but because parents do not know much about it, treatment is delayed. So what are the symptoms of cerebral palsy in a five-month-old baby? Let’s take a closer look at it below!

1. Visual impairment

Medical research shows that 20%-50% of children with cerebral palsy have visual impairments, the most common of which are eye coordination disorders such as esotropia and exotropia.

The next most common symptoms are nystagmus and gaze disorders, as well as pursuit and upward vision paralysis. There are also many people with myopia, hyperopia, and amblyopia, and the incidence of visual field defects is very high.

2. Intellectual Disability

Among these children, about 25% have normal intelligence, about 50% have mild or moderate intellectual disabilities, and the remaining 25% have severe intellectual disabilities.

3. Hearing impairment

Athetoid cerebral palsy caused by severe neonatal jaundice is mostly accompanied by hearing impairment, and the degree of hearing impairment varies from single-tone to low-pitched hearing impairment. Children suspected of having hearing impairment should undergo auditory evoked potential or electrical response audiometry examination.

4. Orofacial dysfunction

Due to abnormal muscle tone and incoordination of the facial muscles, oral cavity and tongue muscles, as well as the persistence of some pathological primitive reflexes, such as the long-term existence of biting reflex and vomiting reflex, children with cerebral palsy have difficulty chewing and swallowing, poor oral closure and drooling.

5. Language barriers

In addition to intellectual disability and late speech, approximately 30%-70% of children with cerebral palsy have varying degrees of language disorders, manifested as unclear pronunciation, speaking too fast or too slow, or inaccurate and unfluent speech.

6. Epilepsy

25%-35% of people with cerebral palsy have epilepsy, and some studies show that the rate is as high as half. Cerebral palsy caused by postnatal intracranial infection, hemorrhage, and toxic encephalopathy is the most common.

The above content is an introduction to "What are the symptoms of cerebral palsy in a five-month-old baby?" I hope every child can grow up healthily.