How to rule out cerebral palsy in newborns

For newborns with cerebral palsy, the impact on the child's future life is huge, and it will also be particularly painful for parents. After the child is born, as a parent, you should observe the child's behavior. If there are some abnormal behaviors, you should go to the hospital for examination in time. Once the child is a cerebral palsy patient, he should be treated in time. The earlier the treatment, the better the effect.

How to exclude cerebral palsy in newborns? Cerebral palsy in children is a teratogenic disease. The condition is complicated and the treatment is even more complicated. More importantly, both parents and children will suffer physically and mentally. Therefore, many parents do not want their babies to suffer from this disease. So, how to rule out cerebral palsy in newborns?

If a newborn has cerebral palsy, there will be many behavioral symptoms, such as not being able to suck the nipple, not eating milk, being weak when eating milk, getting tired easily when sucking milk, being too quiet, crying for a long time, crying softly, being soft all over, looking weak, having too few spontaneous movements, being stiff all over, frequently jumping out of the cradle, always tilting the head to one side, being easily frightened, screaming, being irritable, etc.

If the newborn does not have the above symptoms, cerebral palsy can be ruled out. However, the early symptoms of some newborns with cerebral palsy are not obvious, so parents need to spend more time observing them and not be too careless, so as not to delay the best time for treatment. Because for babies, no matter what the cause of cerebral palsy is, failure to receive timely treatment will increase the probability of malformation.

How to treat children with cerebral palsy? In the process of raising a baby, if you find that your baby has long-term intellectual, language, and motor disabilities, and take your baby to the hospital for diagnosis of cerebral palsy, don't be overly discouraged and pessimistic. The key is to take appropriate measures to cooperate with the doctor to treat cerebral palsy. Let’s talk about the methods of treating cerebral palsy in detail below.

First, the use of physical methods to treat

Physiotherapeutic treatment is a non-drug approach to treating a disease by taking advantage of the body's physiological response to physical stimuli. Common physical therapies that can be used to treat children with cerebral palsy include hydrotherapy, electroacupuncture, hot and cold compresses, etc. These methods can regulate the physiological functions of children with cerebral palsy.

Second, use orthopedic devices

Children with cerebral palsy are trained through some orthopedic braces. For example, foot and ankle orthotics are used to treat heel failure, ankle instability, and flat feet.

Third, cooperate with exercise therapy

Provide highly targeted sports training for children with cerebral palsy, such as fine motor skills and coordination training exercises.