Patient's question:
My baby is now 19 months old and still cannot walk. A brain CT scan revealed that she has congenital cerebral palsy. What should I do? Normal people have left and right brains, but she only has a ventricle. However, it doesn't interfere with her intelligence; she just cannot walk. Now, we are preparing for rehabilitation training. I want to consider minimally invasive surgery, but I've heard it might cause a rebound effect.Doctor's answer:
Congenital cerebral palsy in children refers to a syndrome caused by non-progressive brain damage due to certain reasons before, during, or in the early stages of birth. It primarily manifests as central motor disorders and abnormal postures, and may be accompanied by intellectual disability, recurrent seizures, gait abnormalities, sensory deficits, and other abnormalities. Although clinical diagnostic symptoms may change with age and the growth and maturation of the brain, the inflammation of the central nervous system remains constant. In severe cases, it may be accompanied by intellectual disability, epilepsy, limb spasms, and other manifestations such as visual, sensory, and language dysfunction. The causes of congenital cerebral palsy in children include placental abnormalities, malposition, intrauterine distress, premature birth, multiple pregnancies, birth asphyxia, neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, kernicterus, infections, trauma, intracranial hemorrhage, and brain malformations!