What are the specific symptoms of cerebral palsy in premature babies?

Cerebral palsy of premature infants refers to the disease that occurs during the period from conception to neonatal development. Cerebral palsy in premature infants is different from cerebral palsy. It is cerebral palsy without progressive brain damage. So what are the symptoms of cerebral palsy in premature babies?

The symptoms of cerebral palsy in premature infants mainly have the following four characteristics.

(1) Motor lag and reduced active movement: Normal children can lift their heads when lying prone and kick their legs when lying supine at 3 months old, but children with cerebral palsy rarely have these movements.

Normal children can actively reach out and touch objects when they are 4 to 5 months old, but children with cerebral palsy have very little upper limb movement.

(2) Abnormal muscle tone: Children with cerebral palsy have lower or higher muscle tone than normal children.

(3) Abnormal posture: Children with cerebral palsy often have their heads tilted back, fall backward when sitting at 6 months old, squeeze their legs together, and have difficulty in changing diapers.

(4) Abnormal reflexes: Normal children will have a hug reflex when their head suddenly lowers (like a startled expression). This reflex usually disappears after 6 months, but it does not disappear in children with cerebral palsy. There are various other reflex abnormalities.