How to detect pediatric cerebral palsy early?

Symptoms of cerebral palsy manifest in infancy, often with abnormal posture and poor motor development as the main complaint. Although the brain damage or abnormal brain development of the affected child is non-progressive, the clinical manifestations often change as the brain damage is repaired and the developmental process progresses. For example, severe neonatal ischemic-hypoxic encephalopathy often manifests as hypotonia in early infancy, which gradually changes to hypertonia. Balance dysfunction can only manifest when the infant develops to sitting or even standing. Secondary changes such as joint contractures and spinal deformities also develop gradually. They can be accompanied by epilepsy, mental retardation, sensory impairment, and behavioral disturbances. These concomitant disorders can sometimes become the primary disability in children with cerebral palsy. Clinically, according to the nature of the movement disorders, they can be classified as spastic, involuntary movement, ataxic, hypotonic and mixed, and according to the distribution of the affected limbs, they are classified as monoplegia, hemiplegia, diplegia, triplegia and tetraplegia. Babies under 6 months of age with the following symptoms should be alerted to pediatric cerebral palsy: 1. Body tenderness and reduced spontaneous movements. 2. Hardness of the body. 3. Delayed reaction and no response to name calling. 4. Abnormal head circumference. 5. Poor weight gain and weakness in breastfeeding. 6.Fixed posture. 7.No smiling. 8.Hands in fists. 9.Body twisting or bending. 10.Head instability. 11.Squinty eyes. 12.Inability to reach out and grasp objects. 13.Poor head lift, can’t roll over, can’t sit.