Patient's question:
In the past few months, I've noticed that my baby is a bit off. They don't seem to have much strength when drinking milk, and their development is slower than that of other children. Their eyes don't follow objects, they can't sit up, and they can't sit or stand. I took them to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor said they have cerebral palsy. What are the symptoms of pediatric cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
As you said, you should go to the pediatric department of a regular hospital for a brain CT or MRI scan to determine if it is developmental brain malformation. Cerebral palsy may be accompanied by intellectual disability, epilepsy, limb spasms, as well as visual, auditory, and language disorders. Cerebral palsy also affects the ability to perform voluntary movements in the long term, leading to an inability to sit up and roll over. Attention is not focused, solitary, and not sociable, some seem to be self-injurious. Cerebral palsy is a relatively serious disease. Cerebral palsy refers to a syndrome caused by non-progressive brain damage due to certain reasons before birth, during birth, or in the early stages of infancy. Therefore, among all children with cerebral palsy, about 4 out of every 10 have normal intelligence, and mild intellectual disability accounts for about 1/2. Moderate hypoxia also accounts for a certain proportion, and severe intellectual disability also has a place.