Patient's question:
Cerebral palsy, still unable to stand alone at 1 year old, no language at all, had epilepsy at 4 monthsDoctor's answer:
The child suffers from infantile cerebral palsy, which typically manifests before birth or during infancy. The causes include: birth injuries, neonatal jaundice, hypoxia; premature birth, etc. The main symptoms are increased muscle tone, difficulty with abduction, and in severe cases, muscle rigidity, contractures, and joints maintaining flexed positions. In mild cases, fine motor skills in the hands are poor, and the heels cannot touch the ground when walking. These patients often have associated language development and dysarthria, as well as strabismus. Approximately one-third of patients exhibit varying degrees of seizures and intellectual disabilities. Cerebral palsy can lead to delayed motor development. If the child remains inactive and uncooperative after three months of age, lacks crawling movements when prone, and still grips tightly with the hands at four to six months of age, or exhibits ataxic gait, scissor gait, etc. Many drugs cannot directly penetrate the blood-brain barrier and thus fail to produce direct therapeutic effects. Rehabilitation exercises can only improve the imitation ability of children with cerebral palsy and mild intellectual disabilities and enhance some motor skills. These symptomatic treatments do not address the root cause. TCM Gu-Tong-Nao-Kang can directly act on brain cells, promoting protein synthesis, combating cerebral cortex hypoxia, improving brain energy metabolism, and accelerating cerebral blood circulation. This facilitates the growth and development of brain cells, offering hope for the child to regain normal speech, walking ability, and cognitive function.