Jaundice around 20 can cause cerebral palsy

The jaundice value is a numerical value used to diagnose the severity of the baby's jaundice. If the jaundice is relatively high, it is necessary to carry out good treatment in time, because this will have a relatively large impact on the child's brain. If it is serious, it may even cause cerebral palsy in the baby. Once a child has cerebral palsy, he or she will show a variety of symptoms. Let us learn about this.

Will jaundice around 20 lead to cerebral palsy?

The baby's jaundice level is too high. It is best to treat it in time. Otherwise, the brain will be affected over time. Jaundice is something that most babies will experience, but not all jaundice can cause cerebral palsy. Only a small number of pathological kernicterus will lead to mental retardation and cerebral palsy in babies.

What are the symptoms of cerebral palsy in children

1. Early symptoms: The early symptoms of cerebral palsy in children are actually very obvious. As long as parents observe carefully, they can find clues of cerebral palsy. During the neonatal period, the child shows no interest in anything around him, has poor responsiveness, has significantly reduced movements, and even has poor sucking ability, often choking on milk. If you ask a doctor to check, you will find that some innate reflexes such as the rooting reflex, grasping reflex, and hugging reflex are weakened or do not appear at all.

2. Symptoms in infancy: The child shows signs of intellectual and motor development retardation, such as difficulty in abducting the thigh, flexed knees that are difficult to straighten, legs straightened and adducted when held upright, legs crossed in a scissor shape, flexion of the elbow and wrist joints of the upper limbs, and frequent clenching of the hands with the thumbs adducted. There is little active movement. After 5 months, the baby still cannot actively reach out to grab the things he likes, or always uses one hand to grab. Abnormal reflexes appear, that is, some primitive reflexes disappear with delay, while normal protective reflexes weaken or do not appear, and some pathological reflexes may also appear.

3. Symptoms in early childhood: Children in early childhood already have many behavioral abilities, and any abnormalities can be easily discovered. Children have limb movement disorders and cannot walk or have abnormal walking posture, such as standing on tiptoe, scissor gait, limping, inability to squat, etc.; their hands are not flexible and they cannot pick up objects with their hands or they always use one hand to pick up things; they have intellectual disability, delayed language development or language disorders, or have abnormal vision, hearing loss, etc. Cognitive and behavioral abnormalities occur, manifested as excitement, hyperactivity, loneliness, or fragility. Some children with cerebral palsy have athetosis, ataxia, hypotonia, rigidity, tremor, etc.

4. Symptoms of mid-stage cerebral palsy: Cerebral palsy in children is mainly accompanied by symptoms such as intellectual disability, abnormal behavior, mental disorder, etc., and will manifest itself in incoordination of movements, delayed motor development, etc.