Cerebral Palsy Symptoms

Cerebral palsy is the name given to several chronic non-progressive conditions that affect a person’s motor, sensory, and other central nervous system functions. Cerebral palsy can be the result of abnormal brain development, infections, complications during pregnancy or child birth, or trauma.

There are also many birth situations that are potential indicators of the condition. These possible symptoms of cerebral palsy include:

- Breech presentation
- Low birth weight or premature birth
- Newborn nervous system abnormalities such as an odd sized head
- Multiple births
- A low Apgar score
- Any signs of newborn stroke, hemorrhaging, or loss of oxygen.

Cerebral palsy can also appear in the first few years of life. This could include:

- Difficulty feeding
- Trouble breathing
- Low muscle tone (hypotonia) over a period of time
- Persistence or exaggeration of infantile reflexes that would otherwise disappear by age three to five months.
- Delays in reaching developmental milestones.

The symptoms of cerebral palsy can also be particular to the type of cerebral palsy that a person has.

- Spastic cerebral palsy symptoms include involuntary muscle contraction reflexes that occur while awake or asleep.
- Athetoid cerebral palsy symptoms could be involuntary facial, trunk or extremity movements that can make feeding and talking difficult.
- Ataxic cerebral palsy symptoms can include in-coordination, trouble steadying the limbs, and aberrant eye movements.

If you or a loved one has developed cerebral palsy symptoms, please contact our service today. We can help you get in touch with attorneys in your area who specialize in Cerebral Palsy cases to protect your legal rights.