What are the symptoms of low muscle tone in children?

Low muscle tone in children is a very serious problem. Parents must pay great attention to it and take their children to the hospital for examination to find out the cause of the disease. Then, they should adopt a combination of methods to improve it, such as adjusting the child’s diet. In addition, they should be alert to the child’s brain diseases. At this time, they must remember to go to a large hospital for treatment, which is more reliable. So what are the symptoms of low muscle tone in children?

Symptoms of low muscle tone in children:

Infants have symptoms of low muscle tone. In this case, it is recommended that the baby go to the hospital for a check-up. If the muscle tone still exists, the child may have cerebral palsy. It is recommended to take your baby to the hospital for some rehabilitation training, and pay attention to actively supplementing your child with various nutrients to promote physical recovery.

It may be hypotonia type cerebral palsy, which is mainly caused by congenital deficiency, acquired malnutrition, or disorder after illness, resulting in insufficient essence and blood, lack of nourishment to the brain marrow, internal organs, bones, muscles, limbs and bones, forming a deficiency syndrome. The child has low muscle tone, which is manifested by weakness in the lower legs, and the legs can be opened to 180 degrees. It is recommended to seek further brain CT scan at the neurology department of a tertiary hospital to confirm the diagnosis and initiate timely neurological medication treatment.

Symptoms of high muscle tension in babies:

1. In daily life, this is a typical manifestation. Children with high muscle tone are often more irritable, startled by sounds, crying continuously, having trouble falling asleep, having difficulty inserting their arms into sleeves when dressing, having difficulty opening their fists when bathing, and their whole body immediately becomes stiff when their lower limbs enter the bathtub or the water. Babies with high muscle tone have their lower limbs straightened, adducted and crossed in a scissor shape. When your baby shows the above symptoms, everyone must pay attention.

2. Sometimes babies will have muscle tension. There is no objective instrument to measure whether the muscle tension is too high. It depends entirely on the doctor's feel and experience. Sometimes the baby's lack of cooperation may be misjudged as a manifestation of high muscle tension. For example, during the examination, the baby is unwilling and his legs are stretched straight.

In addition, when a child stands, he or she will stand on tiptoe at first, but generally the child will slowly put his or her feet flat; but a child with high muscle tone will always stand on tiptoe like that, and you may not be able to put his or her feet flat even if you press down with your hands.

3. In addition to the above symptoms, babies with high muscle tone have tighter muscles than those of ordinary children and are more difficult to move, which is also a manifestation of high muscle tone in babies.