What are the manifestations of dystonia in babies?

Baby muscle tension is high, there will be leg and arm stiffness, generally the baby's legs can be opened more than 90 degrees, the baby with high muscle tone is not, and the baby also likes to clench his fist.

Abnormal muscle tone in babies can cause imbalance in the body and severe uncoordination of hands and feet. There will also be scissor steps, which look very obvious. If it is serious, it will affect the normal development of the baby, and all physical indicators are unqualified.

Abnormal muscle tone may cause similar convulsions in the baby, and the baby's muscles are tense and trembling all over the body. The child's activities are not coordinated. There are also babies who have torsional spasms, spastic torticollis.

Infantile dystonia is often characterized by increased or decreased muscle tone, or randomness. Increased muscle tone is characterized by stiffness of muscle tissue, increased resistance to body resistance during passive movement, and a small range of motion in the joints. Decreased muscle tone is manifested by loose muscle tissue, decreased body resistance during passive movement, and expanded range of motion of the joints.

Randomness, on the other hand, is characterized by normal muscle tone at rest, but significantly increased during voluntary movement, and its intensity varies repeatedly between strength and weakness. Once the above symptoms appear, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time to check and rule out cerebral palsy, and if necessary, give intervention training.

01 In daily life, babies with high muscle tone are more typically emotional, often crying, easily frightened, difficult to fall asleep, difficult to insert arms into the sleeve when dressing, difficult to break fists when bathing, and when the feet just touch the water, the baby's whole body will immediately become very stiff. Therefore, if the baby has these manifestations, parents must pay attention to it.

02 When pulling the baby's limbs, it feels resistant and difficult to pull or move, such as pulling the arm forward and lifting it is difficult or not straight, and it is difficult to cross the chest. The ankles are often buckled inward, and the toes are buckled downwards in a scissor-shaped shape. Standing on a hard surface with the baby's hands, and the feet are buckled and tiptoeing all the time, if there are these symptoms, the baby has a problem with high muscle tone.

03 When the baby has high muscle tone, their posture will also be abnormal, and the patient will also have convulsions.