What if some mothers suspect that their child has cerebral palsy?

  I often see parents in the clinic who suspect that their child has cerebral palsy, and they are very anxious and seek medical help everywhere, causing unnecessary pain to their child. Today I will explain to you: 1. Can cerebral palsy occur when the head is tilted back?  A normal child a few months after birth can have head tilt back in the lateral recumbent position. If the child is in the supine position, the head can be placed flat; when sitting in a supported position, the head is not tilted back. Then, head backward in the lateral recumbent position is a normal phenomenon and will not have cerebral palsy.  2. Is it cerebral palsy if a baby has airplane hands in prone position?  If it is a normal born baby, in the normal development process, it also has this phenomenon, as long as other aspects are normal, it will not be a manifestation of cerebral palsy.  3.Is it cerebral palsy when the toes are on the ground?  If a normal child is born at full term, before seven or eight months, he or she can have the phenomenon of landing on the tip of the feet when holding a standing position. We have observed 100 normal babies, before one year old, 23 children have the phenomenon of landing on the tip of the feet, and they can walk until they are more than one year old, without cerebral palsy.  In conclusion, the necessary condition for the diagnosis of cerebral palsy is to have brain injury during the fetal and infantile periods. A normal born full-term newborn without brain injury will not get cerebral palsy. Even preterm infants, without brain injury, are unlikely to have cerebral palsy. Mothers! Don’t follow the materials on the internet to find out your child’s problem and cause unnecessary burden and pain. The incidence of cerebral palsy in full-term newborns is 1.3‰, and only about 3% in preterm babies, and they will not suffer from cerebral disability if they have no brain injury.