What are the symptoms of cerebral palsy

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Neonatal cerebral palsy is the brain parenchyma damage caused by various reasons, central motor dysfunction and develop into paralysis disease, serious accompanied by intellectual deficiency, hearing, vision, language dysfunction, so in the end what are the symptoms of neonatal cerebral palsy? Let's understand.

What are the symptoms of cerebral palsy

One: at the age of one month, the newborn's body becomes soft and spontaneous movement decreases. If it lasts for more than 4 months, it can be diagnosed as severe brain injury and mental retardation. Hard body, which is a symptom of hypertonia, can be seen in a month, if continued for more than four months, can be diagnosed as cerebral palsy.

Second: abnormal head circumference, head circumference is an objective indicator of brain development, head circumference of injured children is generally abnormal. Fixed posture: such as reverse bow, frog position, inverted U-shape posture. Strabismus: three or four months of baby some things or eye movement, can suggest the existence of brain damage.

Third: poor weight gain, weak breast-feeding, crying more than. Do regular health examination during pregnancy, early prevention. Most patients with cerebral palsy are timid and always worry about their own safety. For example, they are afraid of falling down from the high bed and guardrail, falling down from the slippery floor, operation pain, and urinary catheterization before operation. When we pay attention to these aspects, we should give help, such as catheterization after entering the operating room, and the floor of the ward should be dry and antiskid.

matters needing attention

Illness will affect the satisfaction of patients' self-esteem needs. They feel that they have lost their value or become a burden to others because of illness. Therefore, they must help patients recover their self-esteem. They should try their best to obtain the consent of patients when they are examined or injected, especially when they lift the quilt to make them feel respected. They should also reduce the exposure of private parts and respect patients' privacy, Increase patients' sense of self-esteem and being respected.