What are the early symptoms of neonatal cerebral palsy?

Updated on healthy 2024-07-04
9 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    The manifestations of cerebral palsy vary according to the ** and the type, but the early stage is more common: (early symptoms in the first half of the infant with cerebral palsy (within 6 months). )

    1.Weakness and decreased spontaneous movements, symptoms of hypotonia, can be seen as early as one month. If it persists for more than 4 months, it can be diagnosed with severe brain injury, mental retardation, or diseases of the muscular system.

    2.Stiffness, a symptom of hypertonia, can be seen as early as a month. If it persists for more than 4 months, cerebral palsy is diagnosed.

    3.Mental retardation is diagnosed as an early manifestation of mental retardation, which is generally considered to be unresponsive at 4 months and unresponsive at 6 months.

    4.Abnormal head circumference: Head circumference is an objective indicator of brain morphological development, and children with brain injury often have abnormal head circumference.

    5.Poor weight gain, weakness in lactation.

    6.Fixed posture is often caused by abnormal muscle tone due to brain injury, such as angular arch reflexion, frog position, inverted U-shaped posture, etc. It can be seen in the first month of life.

    7.Not smiling: If you can't smile for 2 months and can't laugh out loud for 4 months, mental retardation is diagnosed.

    8.Hand clenched fist: if the thumb is not open after 4 months, or if the thumb is adducted, especially if one of the upper limbs is present, it is important to be diagnostic. 9.Torsion of the body in infants aged 3 to 4 months often indicates an extrapyramidal injury.

    10.Head instability: For example, the inability to raise the head when lying prone for 4 months or the inability to sit with the head upright is often an important sign of brain injury.

    11.Strabismus: Strabismus and poor eye movements in infants aged 3 to 4 months may indicate the presence of brain injury.

    12.Inability to reach for objects: If you are unable to reach for 4-5 months, you may be diagnosed with mental retardation or cerebral palsy.

    13.Fixation hand: Persists after 6 months and may be considered mentally retarded. Some brain injuries are mild and tend to be asymptomatic in early infancy, but in the second half of infancy (6-12 months).

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    There will be no looking up, there will be strabismus, etc.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    There is a movement disorder, feeding is difficult, the baby sucking is not coordinated, the hands are not moving, the lower limbs are also excessively straightened, 1 3 years old or can not do both hands in front of the eyes to play, the head is also extremely difficult, the child can not sit firmly until 6 months.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    The symptoms of newborns are that they will be sluggish, their eyes will be very dull, and parents will not have any facial expressions when talking to their children.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    The body is excessively stiff, the head is abnormally large, the weight gain is slow, and it has symptoms such as strabismus and poor eye movements.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    1. Dystonia: All children with cerebral palsy have dystonia, which is the most important manifestation. The spastic type is often characterized by increased muscle tone, active tendon reflexes, and even folding knife signs, ankle clonus, etc.

    2. Too little or involuntary movement: The vast majority of children with cerebral palsy exercise too little, or even almost immobile, among which the spastic type is the main one. Even if it is exercised, its movement is stiff and not smooth. Excessive exercise is often accompanied by involuntary movements.

    3. Secondary changes: due to movement disorders, abnormal posture, long-term spasticity and single activity patterns, secondary changes are prone to occur over time, such as lumbar protrusion and scoliosis, thoracic postflexion or rounded back.

    4. Delayed motor development: Normal children's development is carried out in sequence according to certain rules, and there are both phased and continuous processes. If the child basically reaches the developmental standard according to the corresponding age of the month, it can be said that his motor development is normal.

    If there is a lag of more than 3 months, it is called developmental delay. All children with cerebral palsy have varying degrees of motor delay.

    5. Abnormal posture: Abnormal posture generally appears in abnormal posture patterns, such as extensor extension, total flexion mode, total extension mode, involuntary movement of fingers or toes, and strange or crooked face of the face.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

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  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Hello! Children with cerebral palsy will have different degrees of limb movement disorders, such as low muscle strength, increased muscle tone, etc., and some children will be accompanied by speech and intellectual disabilities. Children with cerebral palsy need to be intervened as soon as possible, and it is recommended to do a **assessment and early intervention**.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The incidence of cerebral palsy is mostly before birth or in infancy, ** including: birth trauma, neonatal nuclear yellow bile, cerebral hypoxia, premature birth, etc. Symptoms are mainly increased muscle tone, difficulty in abduction, and in severe cases, muscle rigidity, contractures, and joint flexion may be seen.

    In light cases, it can be seen that the fine movements of the hands are poor, and the heels cannot touch the ground when walking. Such patients are often accompanied by language development and dysarthria, strabismus, and about 1 3 patients have varying degrees of convulsions and intellectual disability.

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