What are the early symptoms of cerebral palsy in infants and young children?

Every child is called the flower of the motherland, and children are also particularly valued by the family. Many families make adequate preparations from the beginning of pregnancy, hoping to give birth to a healthy baby. However, in many families, due to improper choice of delivery methods and indiscriminate use of medications due to physical reasons during pregnancy, it is particularly easy for the baby to suffer from cerebral palsy. However, the symptoms are not particularly obvious when the baby is just born. Let's take a look at the early symptoms of cerebral palsy in babies.

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 symptoms of cerebral palsy in infants and young children?

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.

Every parent hopes that their children will not be troubled by health problems. The above is an introduction to the early symptoms of cerebral palsy in infants. Through understanding, we know that infants with cerebral palsy may have dull eyes and slow reactions in the early stages. Therefore, parents must pay more attention to observing their babies and take them to the hospital for regular physical examinations.