Signs and Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy

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There are several signs that lead doctors to a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. Because CP describes a type of brain damage, the effects of the disease are apparent in many different forms. Signs and symptoms can be extremely mild and subtle, or very apparent.

Below is a list of various signs and symptoms of CP:

• Poor head control
• Difficulty feeding and sucking
• Delays in motor development
• Lying in awkward positions
• Easily or frequently startled
• Delay in crawling, walking, pushing up on all fours
• Favoring of one hand over the other
• Abnormal crawling
• Overdeveloped or underdeveloped muscles (child will seem either floppy or stiff)· Ataxia (loss of coordination and balance)·
• Athetosis (involuntary writhing movements)
• Spastic paralysis (abnormal stiffness and contraction of muscles)
• Motor impairment (writing and other coordinated tasks)
• Involuntary movements
• Slow overall development
• Speech, hearing, or vision difficulties
• Difficulty with perception or sensation
• Inability to control bladder/bowels
• Breathing difficulties
• Seizures
• Behavioral and/or attention deficit disorders
• Impaired sense of touch or pain
• Swallowing problems
• Limited range of motion
• Progressive joint contractures
• Peg teeth

Cerebral Palsy is a disease that affects each child differently. The spectrum of severity can be extremely mild to severe. In milder cases, the disease may be apparent only with slight awkwardness of movement. In severe cases, victims may be totally dependent and require lifetime medical care.

If your child has Cerebral Palsy, please contact The Cerebral Palsy Lawyers Network for a free initial consultation and evaluation of your case.