The signs and symptoms of Cerebral Palsy may be mild or subtle or quite obvious. Below is a list of various signs and symptoms of Cerebral Palsy:
- 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
- Floppy or stiff movements (overdeveloped or underdeveloped muscles)
- Ataxia (loss of coordination and balance)ยท
- Athetosis (involuntary slow, writhing movements)
- Spastic paralysis (abnormal stiffness and contraction of muscles)
- Motor impairment (difficulty with writing and other coordinated tasks)
- Involuntary movements
- Slow overall development
- Difficulty with speech, hearing, or vision
- Difficulty with perception or sensation
- Inability to control bladder
- Inability to control 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
