Cerebral Palsy Symptoms

Cerebral palsy usually refers to pediatric cerebral palsy, which is caused by damage to neurons in the brain due to oxygen deprivation in the perinatal period (during the mother’s pregnancy, as well as at birth and in the months after birth), resulting in growth and developmental abnormalities, as well as motor and language dysfunction. General symptoms include poor growth and development compared with normal children of the same age, soft or hard body, fixed abnormal body postures, speech disorders, slow reaction time, etc. If the child has pediatric cerebral palsy, the following symptoms often appear in the early stage: the child’s body is stiff when dressing the child, it is difficult to bend the child’s body, and it is difficult to embrace the child; the head is floppy and weak when holding the child in the air, it is impossible to lift the head, and limbs are drooping and seldom move; conscious grasping and grasping of things are difficult. The head is floppy and weak when held in the air, and the limbs hang down; the child has little movement; the ability to grasp things consciously is poor, and the ability to suckle at the breast is poor; by four months of age, the child cannot roll over and cannot smile. As the child grows older, he/she will have difficulty in crossing his/her legs, squatting and walking; or he/she will be unable to stand with twisted and abnormal body posture; and he/she will not be able to speak with a clear bite; most of the children’s intellectual development is normal. In addition, pediatric cerebral palsy is usually discovered when parents try to help the child stand up in the first few months of life. The child may also have a speech disorder. The risk of cerebral palsy is heightened if the mother has taken a lot of medication during pregnancy due to an illness or has a history of hypoxic coma, as well as if the child had a difficult or prolonged labor, had severe hypoxia during birth, or if the child was born prematurely. Finally, if you notice that your child’s growth and development are significantly different from other children, such as not being able to stand when he/she should stand, not being able to walk when he/she should walk, not being able to speak when he/she should learn to speak, or having a noticeable lack of clarity in his/her biting, you should go to a regular hospital for timely help.