What are the early symptoms of cerebral palsy?

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The emergence of cerebral palsy in children has caused tremendous changes to children's lives and their families. Not only children bear the devastation of the disease, but also their family drawers bear a heavy burden. Many parents don't know much about the symptoms of cerebral palsy. Let's take a look at the common symptoms of cerebral palsy? Let's talk about it.

What are the early symptoms of cerebral palsy?

Feeding difficulties, sucking weakness and swallowing uncoordinated, nursing difficulties, frequent vomiting and continuous weight loss. Common mouth, face dysfunction, part of the baby cerebral palsy, facial muscles and tongue muscles appear obvious spasm or uncoordinated contraction. This can lead to chewing and swallowing difficulties, oral closure difficulties and drooling; Nursing difficulties, frequent vomiting and continuous weight gain.

In severe cases, they can't grasp things with both hands, can't walk with both feet, can't even turn over, can't sit up, can't stand, can't chew and swallow normally. Abnormal muscle tension and abnormal posture often appear, such as hands flexion, finger adduction, clenching, forearm internal rotation, head and neck backward, etc.

Language, visual impairment, language expression difficulties, unclear pronunciation or stuttering; Esotropia and difficulty in identifying the rhythm of sound are the most common. The facial expression is single, does not smile, the hand cannot grasp the thing normally, clenchs the fist, sometimes also accompanies the mental retardation or the muscle system disease; Ataxia is characterized by weakness of limbs muscles, inability to maintain body balance, unsteady gait, and inability to complete fine movements such as fingers and nose.

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Slow response and no response are the early manifestations of mental retardation. It is generally believed that slow response at 4 months and no response at 6 months can be diagnosed as mental retardation. Fixed posture is often caused by abnormal muscle tension caused by brain injury, such as arcuate reflex, frog position, inverted U-shaped posture, etc. You'll see it a month after you're born.