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Delayed cognitive development

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Delayed cognitive development is a clinical finding in which a baby or child does not exhibit normal growth in their thinking skills.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Head

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A 33-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: Delayed cognitive development?

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A 33-year old asked:

What do you suggest if my three yr old son was diagnosed with a developmental disorder and has speech and cognitive sensory delays eligible for ssi?

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A 33-year old male asked:

Is global developmental delay considered cognitive, if so how is a child's intelligence determined? What factors besides milestones are considered?

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A member asked:

14 month is delayed cognitive and physical. He gets excited around bright lights. He still has folds under eyes and flat nasal bridge. What is this?

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A 37-year old female asked:

What condition would cause Swimmy headed feeling (can be standing still or walking. Also when moving eyes), balance issues, speech/cognitive delays, weakness, tingling and numbness in extremities, problems walking when first standing, confusion?

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A 63-year old male asked:

For a toddler with development delay, e.g., speech, comprehension, can that child ever catch up with normal contemporary peers? If so, how?

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A 32-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: Delayed development?

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A 32-year old asked:

Explain about delayed motor development.?

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A 36-year old asked:

What are the tests for delayed motor development?

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A 36-year old asked:

What is delayed motor development and can it be cured?

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A 32-year old asked:

What about "hypogonadism' and teen development? Delayed?

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A 33-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: Delayed motor development?

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A 32-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: Delayed social development?

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A 37-year old asked:

Could my child's symptoms of delayed motor development be hereditary even though i don't have it?

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A 31-year old asked:

My son aged 4 years is a case of delayed development, delayed speech, hyperactive. What is all this?

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A 28-year old female asked:

Was told by a GI nurse that Crohn's patients shouldnt have children bc they can have development delays. Any truth to that?

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A 43-year old female asked about a female:

Does development delay go away ? Child 69 months lowest area 35 months highest 52 months ,in language, reasoning .locomotor personal social performanc

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A 27-year old female asked:

Is it possible for an inherited chromosomal duplication to have a positive effect (e.g. advanced development) in a parent but a negative effect (e.g. delayed development) in their child? Or are the effects only either neutral or negative?

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A 48-year old asked:

What does cognitive development mean?

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A 30-year old female asked about a 23-year old female:

Can having chlamidyia cause motor development delay in my child?

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A 25-year old female asked:

6 month-old sleeps max. of 7 hrs/night, & takes no naps (literally, none) during day. Is this sufficient sleep for healthy cognitive development?

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A 50-year old asked:

How often is there delayed motor development in kids with pvl?

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A 31-year old asked:

Does my child have a mental retardation if delayed motor development?

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A 33-year old female asked:

Development delay in ny 3 mo baby, she can't hold her head up what to do i'm so worried?

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A 40-year old male asked:

I understand "glue ear" can delay speech development. What age is most susceptible to this?

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A 37-year old asked:

Can you tell me how language and communication delay impacts on social development/learning?

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A 47-year old asked:

Is it possible that a child born prematurely have autism - or can it simply be a development delay?

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A 43-year old female asked about a female:

Child 6 in sep has real aspects of development delay learning difficulties and delay in language by 2 years and development just over 4 years help?

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A 64-year old male asked:

3 y.o. child with delayed speech development can now clearly say about 20 words, may say 2-word sentences, has some comprehension-show my your nose. But can he catch up with his peers? At age 2 his development level was that of a 1 y.o. child.

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A 39-year old asked:

How do they test baby with delayed development?

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