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What Are The Symptoms Of Mild Cerebral Palsy?

We have been recently looking in to mild dyplegic cerebal palsy and she seems to have a lot of the symptoms. She had all of these things and they were all symptoms when we googled. 1. Sits in a W position between ages 1 and 3 2.99% of kids grow out of twisted femurs most who don’t have cerebal palsy 3.shortsighted 4.walks with wide gate 5.said first sentence at 24 months ( 2 and a half) 6.walks at 12-18 months (15 months) 7.unregular gate 8.walks with one leg swinging over the other 9.crawls by pulling weight with arms and stomach on the floor 10.low muscle tone 11.Lack of oxygen at birth 12. bad posture 13.locked knees 14.bad balance 15.Bladder problems 16.A twin Do you think it is possible she has mild cerebal palsy? thanks
Wed, 27 Aug 2014
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Hi, thanks for asking.
I can understand your concerns
Yes, it is possible that she might have cerebral palsy. But it is difficult to confirm unless an examination is done. I would suggest you to consult a paediatric neurologist.
I hope I have helped you
Thank you
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What Are The Symptoms Of Mild Cerebral Palsy?

Hi, thanks for asking. I can understand your concerns Yes, it is possible that she might have cerebral palsy. But it is difficult to confirm unless an examination is done. I would suggest you to consult a paediatric neurologist. I hope I have helped you Thank you