Pediatric cerebral palsy, or cerebral palsy for short, is a syndrome of non-progressive brain damage caused by a variety of reasons from before birth to less than one month after birth, and is mainly characterized by central movement disorders, abnormal muscle tone, posture and reflex abnormalities. It may be accompanied by epilepsy, mental retardation, speech disorders, visual and auditory disturbances, and so on. How to tell if you have cerebral palsy? The manifestations of cerebral palsy vary according to the causes and types of cerebral palsy, and the main manifestations in the early stage are as follows: 1. Softness of the body and reduction of spontaneous movement, which is a symptom of hypotonia, can be seen at one month. If it lasts for more than 4 months, it can be diagnosed as severe brain injury, mental retardation or muscular system disease. 2. Body stiffness, a symptom of hypertonia, can be seen at one month. If it lasts for more than 4 months, cerebral palsy may be diagnosed. (3) Unresponsive and unresponsive to name calling, which is an early sign of mental retardation. It is generally believed that unresponsive at 4 months and unresponsive to name calling at 6 months of age may lead to the diagnosis of mental retardation. Abnormal head circumference: Head circumference is an objective indicator of the morphologic development of the brain, and children with brain injury often have abnormal head circumference. Difficulty in breastfeeding: After birth, the child can not suck, sucks weakly or refuses to breastfeed, is tired and weak after sucking, often chokes and coughs and spits out milk, his mouth can not be closed well, and his weight gain is poor. 6, fixed posture, the child is very quiet after birth, weak or continuous crying. Often due to brain injury so that abnormal muscle tone caused by, such as corns, frog position, inverted U-shaped posture. It can be seen in the first month after birth. 7.No smile: If you can’t smile at 2 months and can’t laugh out loud at 4 months, you can be diagnosed with mental retardation. 8, hand clenched fist: if 4 months can not open, or thumb inward, especially one side of the upper limb is present, there are important diagnostic significance. 9, body torsion: 3-4 months of infants with body torsion, often suggesting extrapyramidal injury. 10, head instability: such as 4 months prone can not raise the head or sitting head can not be upright, often is an important sign of brain injury. 11, strabismus: 3-4 months of infants have strabismus and poor eye movement, can indicate the presence of brain injury. 12, inability to reach out and grasp objects: if the infant cannot reach out and grasp objects at 4-5 months, it can be diagnosed as mental retardation or cerebral palsy. 13, gaze at the hand: if it still exists after 6 months, it can be considered as mental retardation. 14.Pediatrics are easily startled: convulsions, screaming or irritability. 15, little or no spontaneous movement or easy to jerk, generalized floppiness, muscle flaccidity or generalized hardness, often scurrying out of the swaddling clothes Some brain injuries are mild and often have no obvious symptoms in early infancy, but in the second half of infancy (6-12 months). There are some other symptoms manifested: 1, inability to roll over: after 6 months can not be rolled over, there are diagnostic significance. 2. Not using the lower limbs: not using the lower limbs to support weight briefly at 6-7 months. 3, do not use one hand: 7-10 months of infants do not use one hand to grasp play. 4, clumsy hand fine movements: such as pinching small objects, unbuttoning, belting inflexibility, uncoordinated, appearing at 7-10 months has diagnostic significance. 5, can not sit alone: 7 months can not sit alone. 6.Can not grasp the station: 10 months can not grasp the station. 7. Cannot say goodbye to people: diagnostic significance after 10 months. 8.Use toe stand: -10 months also use toe stand. 9. Cannot take a step: – After 15 months, still cannot take a step. 10. Drooling and “hand eating”: diagnostic value after 12 months.