How to detect children with cerebral palsy early

  Many infants and toddlers with cerebral palsy are not found to have any obvious abnormalities after they fall to the ground, especially those with mild cerebral palsy are more likely to be overlooked and even mistaken for other diseases such as rickets, zinc deficiency, malnutrition, chondromalacia, etc. This makes the infants miss early diagnosis and early treatment. This makes the infant miss the early diagnosis and the opportunity of early treatment.  In fact, children with cerebral palsy who show motor disorders, abnormal posture and abnormal feeding in the early stage are not difficult to be detected as long as they are carefully observed. Children with cerebral palsy have poorer development in all aspects than normal children of the same age. For example, the whole body is soft, weak or the limbs are tight; the baby is easily frightened, horny, less moving or too much moving around; the baby has weak sucking, difficulty in swallowing or often choking, choking or spitting up milk when feeding; the baby’s mouth can’t close well, the cry is weak or bouts of screaming; at 2-3 months old, the baby can’t laugh, lift the head, keep crying, the fingers are clenched and won’t open; at 4-5 months old, the baby can’t roll over; at 8 months old, the baby can’t sit, even In addition, the intellectual development also lags behind that of normal children of the same age.  2. Abnormal movements or postures. The common ones are hypertonia, where the mother feels that the child’s body is hard when changing diapers or taking a bath, or hypotonia, where the body is soft and spontaneous movements are reduced; drooling and trembling; when learning to stand, the legs are together and the feet always land on the toes, some even appear crossed and scissor-shaped; uncoordinated and asymmetrical limb movements, and the head cannot maintain a central position, etc. These are all common movements or postures of children with cerebral palsy.