Patient's question:
Put the toys near her, and she will pick them up and shake them. If you throw the toys on the ground, she won't look for them. At the health clinic, she took an intelligence test, and the results were related to picking up toys. She scored only 54 points. Other developmental milestones, such as sitting and standing, are the same as those of other babies her age. Can this be used to determine that she has intellectual disability?Doctor's answer:
Clinical manifestations of delayed brain development in young children:Infant's body appears soft. Significant reduction in motor activity: This is a manifestation of low muscle tone. At one month of age, it is often; the body becomes stiff, indicating high muscle tone.
Slow reaction: This is mostly evident in hearing and vision. It is an early sign of auditory system damage or intellectual disability.
Abnormal head circumference: Head circumference is a morphological indicator of brain development. Infants with brain damage often exhibit abnormal head circumference.
Poor weight gain. Reduced food intake. Weak suckling ability.
Fixed postures: Most are caused by abnormal muscle tone due to brain damage, such as arching backward (opisthotonos), frog position, or inverted U-shaped posture, etc.