Signs of cerebral palsy in newborns

Cerebral palsy is a group of diseases caused by brain damage, the central nervous system, impaired motor and muscle function, coordination of movement, speech and mental retardation. Naturally, the scoring of such a diagnosis after the birth of the baby shock the parents. After all, in modern society, cerebral palsy is considered a verdict.

Causes of cerebral palsy in newborns can be various factors:

1. The severe course of pregnancy in the mother, as well as the diseases that she suffered in the first trimester, when the laying of all organs and systems of the future baby.
2. Cerebral palsy in newborns also occurs due to intrauterine infection with urogenital infections. In addition, the diseases disrupt the function of the placenta, as a result of which the baby receives less oxygen and nutrients.
3. Complicated births with a long anhydrous period, a cord of the umbilical cord, causing hypoxia in the child.
4. Prolonged or complicated jaundice results in brain damage to the newborn with bilirubin.
5. Early diagnosis of the disease makes it possible to achieve better results in treatment. That is why it is important to know how to determine cerebral palsy in newborns.

Cerebral Palsy in Newborns: Symptoms

Despite the fact that the diagnosis of cerebral palsy in newborns is conducted by a physician on the basis of physical examination and examination of the child's brain (ultrasound, tomography), in many cases it was the observations of the parents that allowed the suspected disease. The newly mum has the most time with the child, and it is she who can suspect the wrong and tell the doctor. For cerebral palsy, newborns are characterized by:

1. Lag in physical development. The child does not lose unconditioned reflexes (for example, palmar-oral and reflex of automatic walking), he belches up the head, turns, starts to creep.
2. Violation of muscle tone in cerebral palsy in newborns. All babies are born with the muscle tone of the limbs, but normally the hypertension of the arms weakens to 1.5 months, and the legs - to 3-4. In cerebral palsy, crumb muscles remain too tight or, conversely, sluggish. It is worth paying attention to the movement of crumbs - in cerebral palsy they are sharp, sudden or vermiform, slow.
3. Lag in the psycho-emotional development. In cerebral palsy, the newborn does not smile a month, and in two does not walk.
4. Asymmetry of the body. There is an asymmetry of the muscle tone, when one handle is tense, and the other is relaxed and immobile. The baby better manages one handle or leg. Different thicknesses or lengths of limbs are possible.
5. In a newborn with cerebral palsy, there are convulsions, flinches, sudden stops of sight.
6. Children with cerebral palsy, as a rule, are very restless, sleep badly, weakly suck the breast.

Early diagnosis gives parents a chance for the most iridescent prognosis regarding the success of treatment.