What are the symptoms of brain atrophy in children?

Brain atrophy in children is one of the most common diseases. This disease is very harmful to children and even difficult to treat. However, brain atrophy will become more and more serious if it is not treated in time, and will eventually have a greater impact on the child's body. There are also many symptoms of brain atrophy in children. If we want to treat brain atrophy in children, we must first know what the symptoms of brain atrophy are. So what are the symptoms of brain atrophy in children?

1. Systemic symptoms

In the early stages of the disease, patients often experience dizziness, headaches, insomnia, weak waist and knees, numbness in the hands and feet, tinnitus and deafness; gradually they become unresponsive, slow in movement, mumbling to themselves, and answering questions irrelevantly. In terms of the body, it is often manifested as senility, graying of the hair and loss of teeth, dry skin, hyperpigmentation, and even hemiplegia, epilepsy, or ataxia, tremor, etc. Neurological symptoms may be present or absent.

2. Memory impairment

Recent memory impairment occurs early, such as frequently losing items, forgetting promises, etc. As the disease progresses, memory is completely lost.

3. Changes in personality and behavior

Personality changes are often an early symptom of this disease. Patients become withdrawn and dislike interacting with others, or have no ideals, desires, or affection for their children and relatives; their living habits are rigid and strange, their personalities are irritable, they talk more, or they are long-winded and repetitive; or they are suspicious and selfish, pay special attention to their own health and safety, and are often entangled in some minor discomforts. All patients have varying degrees of decline in their higher-level emotional activities, sense of shame, responsibility, honor, and morality, and may also experience changes in their sleep rhythm.

4. Mental decline and dementia

It manifests as a comprehensive decline in intellectual activities such as understanding, judgment, and calculation ability, inability to adapt to social life, and difficulty in doing work and housework; gradually, the patient cannot correctly answer his or her own name and age, does not know when he or she is hungry or full when eating, does not know the way home after going out, and collects waste paper and other items as treasures. In the later stages of the disease, the patient was bedridden all day, unable to take care of himself, unable to distinguish between relatives and strangers, incontinent, slurred speech, unclear articulation, and incoherent speech, eventually becoming completely demented.

With the increase of age and the invasion of diseases, some elderly people will show symptoms of cerebellar and cerebral atrophy. After brain atrophy occurs, the following manifestations are often present: in the early stages, there is often memory loss, mainly impaired recent memory, and sometimes language disorders, such as slurred speech and difficulty writing, and getting lost in familiar environments. As the disease progresses, mental confusion, difficulty perceiving, strange personality, and uncontrolled emotions will occur. If the condition is more serious, the patient will be unable to take care of himself and will show obvious symptoms of stupidity.

If a child suffers from cerebral atrophy, then these are the symptoms. These symptoms are very harmful to the child's physical health, and the child's cerebral atrophy must be treated in time. Surgery can be chosen when treating the disease. If surgery is not performed in time, the child's cerebral atrophy will become more and more serious, and may even lead to severe dementia and a rapid decline in intelligence.