Developmental delay is the term used to describe the delay in a child achieving language, thinking, and motor milestones. Children develop at their own rate, and while minor, transient delays are typically not concerning, a persistent delay or multiple delays in achieving milestones can cause problems in later life.
The cause of developmental delay is not always known, but it may be hereditary, related to pregnancy, or related to premature birth.
Delay in fine and gross motor skills: Jumping, climbing stairs, or throwing a ball all require larger movements than what is required for fine motor skills, which are small movements like holding a toy or using a crayon.
While every child develops at a different rate, most can lift their heads by three months old, sit up by six months, and walk before they turn two. By the time they turn five, most kids can throw a ball overhand and ride a tricycle.
If your child displays any of the symptoms listed below, their development of certain fine or gross motor skills may be delayed:
Sagging or unsteady limbs and trunk
· Stiff hands and legs
Arms and legs with little range of motion
Can’t sit unaided by the age of nine months.
Reflexes that aren’t voluntary take precedence over those that are
By about 1 year, they are unable to stand up and support their weight on their legs.
If your child is struggling to complete tasks within the anticipated time frame, talk to your doctor. Falling outside the normal range is not always cause for concern.
Speech and language delay: Since the brain is still developing and maturing during the first three years of life, this is the most active period for learning speech and language.
By the time they are 6 months old, most infants can recognize the sounds of basic language. By the time they are 12 to 15 months old, infants should be able to say a few simple words, even if they are not clearly understood. By the time they are 18 months old, most toddlers can understand a few words. By the time they are 13 years old, most kids can speak in brief sentences.
Speech delay is when a child stutters or has difficulty producing sounds correctly, while language delay is when a child has difficulty putting syllables together to form words. Speaking requires the muscle coordination of the vocal tract, tongue, lips, and jaw to make sounds.
Language includes speaking, gesturing, signing, and writing. A language disorder develops in kids when they have trouble understanding what others are saying and when they are unable to express their own thoughts.
A hearing test is done to diagnose hearing loss because it can result in speech and language delays.
Autism spectrum disorder: Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological condition that can make it difficult for a child to interact and communicate with others. Classic autism is characterized by intellectual disabilities and language delays, though symptoms can appear as early as 18 months of age.
Each child has a distinctive pattern of behavior with varying degrees of severity, and there are a variety of signs and symptoms of autism. Some symptoms include:
Missing a name response
The unwillingness to play or cuddle with others
· Lack of facial expression
Doesn’t speak or has trouble remembering words and sentences, carrying on a conversation, or speaking.
· Performs repetitive movements
· Develops specific routines
· Coordination problems
Causes
The majority of developmental disabilities happen before a child is born, but some can happen after birth due to infection, injury, or other factors. Between the ages of 3 and 17, about 15% of children have one or more developmental disabilities.
Developmental delay can have many different causes, some of which are difficult to identify. Premature birth, infection, and other issues during pregnancy and childbirth are just a few of the things that can contribute to developmental delay. Some conditions, like Down syndrome, are genetic in nature.
The following underlying medical conditions can also present as developmental delay symptoms:
· Autism spectrum disorders
· Cerebral palsy
· Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
· Landau-Kleffner syndrome
· Myopathies , including muscular dystrophies
Genetic diseases like fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
When it comes to developmental delay, homoeopathy has many effective medicines, but the choice depends on the individuality of the patient, taking their mental and physical health into consideration. Homoeopathy is currently a rapidly growing system that is practiced all over the world. Its strength lies in its evident effectiveness as it takes a holistic approach to the sick individual by promoting inner balance at mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical levels.
CALCAREA CARONICA:One of the best treatments for developmental issues is calerea carb, which is particularly effective for kids with red faces, flabby muscles, a tendency to catch colds easily, excessive sweating while they sleep, especially on their heads and chests, large heads, open fontanelles, and soft bones.
CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA:Calcarea phos is another excellent treatment for both mental and physical development. It is appropriate for children who are malnourished, have a sunken, flabby abdomen, have thin, brittle cranial bones, open and close their sutures prematurely, have delayed and difficult teething, have diarrhea and flatulent complaints, and experience coliky pain in the abdomen when they try to eat. These children frequently have fractures and grow slowly.
CARCINOSIN:Children’s sleep disturbances, dwarfism, malformations, mongolism, recurrent severe infection attacks, and disturbed sleep are all effects of carcinosin, which also causes dwarfishness, malformations, and mongolism.
BARYTA CARBONICA:Baryta carbonica is best for scrofulous, dwarfish children, who do not grow and are mentally and physically frail. Nutritional disturbances are seen in Baryta carb. Children, shy of strangers, they hide behind the furniture and keep their hands over their faces while peeping through their fingers. They are liable to catch colds easily, suffer from sore throats from colds, and have a tendency to develop glandular disorders. They always have a tendency for enlargement of
AETHUSA CYNAPIUM:Inability to digest milk is a leading symptom of Aethusa cyapium. Diarrhea after drinking milk. Cannot tolerate milk in any form; it is vomited in large curds as soon as taken; causes weakness and drowsiness; and lack of power to stand up.
NATRUM MURIATICUM:Due to digestive issues, children with narcolepsy have poor nutrition, are irritable, grumpy, and cry easily. They also have emaciated bodies even when they are healthy, with the neck being the most conspicuous area of emaciation.
SILICEA:Another effective treatment for developmental delay is silica, which is used when the children are scrofulous, rachitic, have large heads, have poor nutrition because of poor assimilation, have weak ankles, take longer to learn to walk, are wasted in body, especially the legs, and have an enlarged, hot abdomen. They may also exhibit profuse sweating on the head, although this is less severe than with caleacar, and offensive sweat on the feet and axillae.
TUBERCULINUM:Children with Tuberculinum have a strong tendency to catch colds easily without knowing how or where; they appear to catch colds every time they breathe fresh air. They are mentally and physically weak, and they sweat excessively at night, which is a common symptom of Tuberculinum. Children with Tuberculinum also have a development delay and are rapidly losing flesh while eating well.
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