How can I determine what type of cerebral palsy I have?

  There are many types of cerebral palsy, which can be roughly divided into four categories: spastic, tardive, ataxic and mixed. The typing mainly depends on clinical symptoms, combined with physical examination results, and is briefly described as follows: 1. Spastic type: the most common, accounting for 60% to 70% of all cerebral palsy patients. Some of them are mainly flexion, some are mainly extension, and some are mainly contracture. It is characterized by increased muscle tone, decreased muscle strength, and hyperreflexia.  2.Hand and foot tachycardia type: It accounts for about 20% of cerebral palsy. Since the muscle tone of the whole body is constantly changing, the limbs and the body are constantly twitching or moving slowly and involuntarily, and the movements are rapid and variable. When the mood changes, the twitching or tachycardia becomes more serious and stops only when the child falls asleep. Most children with tardive dyskinesia cannot control their head position and hand and foot position well, so their overall movement and balance are poor; their facial expressions shiver involuntarily as if making a ghost face, often drooling, chewing and swallowing difficulties, and unclear language, etc. The intelligence of these children is often not easily perceived.  3. Ataxia: These children have uncoordinated movements due to impaired motor and balance senses. They usually have tactile and deep sensory abnormalities. These children may also have low distance measuring ability, low orientation, intentional tremor, and often low intelligence.  4.Flaccid type: Flaccid type is usually a transitional stage, mostly seen in infants and young children. Generally speaking, the flaccid type can continue until the age of 2 to 3 years, and if the child is given enough stimulation, the child’s muscle tone will gradually improve. Most of these children will develop the bradykinesia type, while others will develop the spastic type.  5. Mixed type: Many children with cerebral palsy have a mixture of multiple types, for example, spastic children with hand-foot tardive or dystonic characteristics.