Symptoms of cerebral palsy in premature infants?

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Premature refers to the time in the mother is less than 37 weeks, premature because in the uterus and placenta development is not mature enough, the body organs are not perfect, especially some brain nerve and lung function are defective. So after the birth of premature infants, there are often a series of complications, among which cerebral palsy is more common. But many novice mothers don't know the performance of cerebral palsy in premature infants. Let's learn about it now.

Symptoms of cerebral palsy in premature infants?

Movement lag and active movement decrease: normal children will raise their head in prone position and kick their legs in supine position at 3 months, while children with cerebral palsy rarely have these movements.

Abnormal posture: children with cerebral palsy often have head backward, backward when sitting for 6 months, legs clamping, difficulty in urinating and changing diapers, etc.

Abnormal reflexes: the normal children's head position suddenly lowered, there is a hug reflex (such as the performance of fright), generally disappeared after 6 months, but the children with cerebral palsy did not disappear. There are also various other reflection anomalies.

matters needing attention

So every pregnant woman should take good care of her fetus and try not to give birth ahead of time. If the fetus has some abnormal phenomena, it is good to keep it and delay more time. After all, preterm infants are lagging behind full-term infants in any way. If your child is born prematurely, parents must make up for it the day after tomorrow, give more nutrition to the child, strengthen exercise, and actively cooperate with the doctor.