What should I do if my child with cerebral palsy drools?

What to do if a child with cerebral palsy drools? This question often bothers parents of children with cerebral palsy. So how to stop a child with cerebral palsy from drooling? Next, this article will introduce to you what to do to stop drooling in children with cerebral palsy, for your reference only. Friends who want to know more related knowledge may wish to continue reading! Please see the detailed introduction below.

Children with cerebral palsy drool because of motor dysfunction. Similarly, chewing requires oral muscle movement, so children with cerebral palsy will drool involuntarily.

How can we stop a child with cerebral palsy from drooling? Parents and friends can try the following methods:

First of all, chewing and sucking training should be strengthened. Children with cerebral palsy can be trained to suck their fingers, and the child's swallowing function can be consciously trained, or the child can be allowed to suck an empty pacifier for ten minutes a day, two or three times a day. For children who are sensible and obedient, they should be taught how to swallow saliva and blow balloons in time. Repeated practice can make the local muscles contract and relieve facial spasm, which is conducive to the recovery of swallowing function.

Secondly, parents can often press the area between the child's nose and lips with their fingers, and give the command "swallow". Over time, the child will learn to close his mouth and swallow, and swallow his saliva by himself.

Finally, parents can wrap a soft towel around the child’s neck and wipe it more often.

When helping children with cerebral palsy with rehabilitation training, doctors recommend that family rehabilitation training needs to be combined with doctor's guidance. The treatment and rehabilitation of cerebral palsy is a long process. Short-term hospitalization cannot achieve good results. Many treatments need to be completed at home. Parents and doctors work closely together to develop training plans, evaluate the effectiveness of training, and correct unreasonable training methods under the guidance of a doctor.

The above is an introduction on how to stop drooling in children with cerebral palsy. The methods introduced above to stop drooling in children with cerebral palsy are relatively simple. Parents and friends must be patient when helping their children use these methods, so that they will be effective! In addition, parents must actively cooperate with doctors and help their children do correct rehabilitation training, which will help the children's recovery!