Patient's question:
The son of my older brother is 2 years old this year. Due to cerebral palsy, he still cannot sit up, let alone walk. He also cannot bring things to himself to eat and cannot speak. For this disease, we have spent a lot of money. We are rural people and cannot afford it.What kind of help do we want: Can infantile cerebral palsy be cured?
Doctor's answer:
Cerebral palsy typically manifests before birth or during infancy. In mild cases, it is evident that the fine motor skills of the hands are poor, and the heels cannot touch the ground when walking. Such patients often accompany language development delays, dysarthria, and strabismus. Approximately one-third of patients have varying degrees of tics and intellectual disabilities. Cerebral palsy can lead to delayed motor development. If a child is still not very active and restless three months after birth, does not show crawling movements when lying on their back, and still has a tight grip in their hands at 4-6 months of age, these may be signs of cerebral palsy. Symptoms such as hurried gait and scissor gait may also occur. Many drugs cannot directly penetrate the blood-brain barrier and thus cannot produce direct pharmacological effects. Rehabilitation exercises can only improve the deliberate imitation ability of children with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities and stabilize some of their motor functions.