How to rule out cerebral palsy in full-term babies

Ruling out cerebral palsy in full-term babies is done in terms of risk factors, the baby’s motor development, the baby’s body posture, and the baby’s particular symptomatic presentation. Generally preterm babies, low birth weight babies, babies with ischemic-hypoxic encephalopathy, and babies with hypoglycemia are prone to cerebral palsy. If full-term babies do not have the above risk factors before, during and after birth, and do not have clinical manifestations of cerebral palsy, such as less voluntary movement or extremely uncoordinated movement; scissor-crossing of both lower limbs or delayed disappearance of primitive reflexes; mental retardation or manifestations of epileptic seizures, etc., then it can be initially ruled out that the babies are suffering from cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a very serious disease that seriously jeopardizes the growth and development of babies. Parents should bring their babies to the hospital for professional examination and assessment if they notice any suspected symptoms of cerebral palsy in their babies when observing them, and early treatment can greatly improve the prognosis of children with cerebral palsy.