What are the early symptoms of cerebral palsy in infants?

The incidence of cerebral palsy in infants is relatively high. If parents do not understand the early manifestations of cerebral palsy in infants, they may miss the opportunity to treat the disease and cause irreversible consequences. Therefore, it is very important to understand the early manifestations of cerebral palsy in infants. Next, this article will introduce to you the early manifestations of cerebral palsy in infants. Let’s learn about this together.

Neonatal cerebral palsy refers to a non-progressive brain damage syndrome caused by various reasons within one month after birth. The main manifestations are central movement disorders and abnormal postures, and are often accompanied by multiple disorders such as intelligence, vision and hearing, eating, swallowing, speech, and behavior, which will seriously affect the child's life. One thing to point out in particular is that the main impact of cerebral palsy on children is movement disorders. Some children may have a certain degree of mental retardation, but it is fundamentally different from the "dementia" caused by human chromosomal abnormalities and chromosomal aberrations.

What are the early manifestations of cerebral palsy in infants? The early manifestations of cerebral palsy in infants are as follows:

1. Body weakness and decreased spontaneous movements are symptoms of hypotonia and can be seen in one month. If it persists for more than 4 months, it may be diagnosed as severe brain damage, mental retardation or muscle system disease.

2. The body becomes stiff. This is a symptom of hypertonia and can be seen in one month. If it persists for more than 4 months, it can be diagnosed as cerebral palsy.

3. Abnormal head circumference: Head circumference is an objective indicator of the morphological development of the brain. Children with brain damage often have abnormal head circumference.

4. Fixed posture: It is often caused by abnormal muscle tension due to brain damage, such as opisthotonos, frog position, inverted U-shaped posture, etc. It can be seen one month after birth.

5. Poor weight gain and inability to breastfeed.

6. Strabismus: If a 3-4 month old baby has strabismus and poor eye movement, it may indicate the presence of brain damage.

The above is an introduction to the early manifestations of cerebral palsy in infants. The early manifestations of cerebral palsy in infants introduced above are some common symptoms and typical symptoms, which are easy to distinguish. Therefore, parents must pay more attention to changes in their children's bodies. Once they find that their children have the above symptoms, they should take their children to the hospital for treatment in time.