Patient's question:
Child is disruptive, shouting loudly. Engages in fights with family. Prone to anger and irritability. Symptoms manifested at age sixteen, with unclear cause. Previous treatment and outcomes: Currently prescribed with Aprovel, Risperidone tablets, and Cetylphenidyl hydrochloride tablets. Desired assistance: Complete self...Doctor's answer:
Cerebral palsy, also known as "，，，，，，。。" in Chinese, refers to a syndrome primarily characterized by motor and postural disorders caused by harm or damage to an underdeveloped brain during life before birth, at birth, or within the first month after birth. It often also involves secondary symptoms such as epilepsy, intellectual disability, and language disorders. It is essentially synonymous with pediatric cerebral palsy. Inflammation commonly damages the pyramidal tracts and extrapyramidal system. The disease is directly related to brain hypoxia, infections, trauma, and skin abrasions. Conditions such as rubella, herpes zoster, or toxoplasmosis during early pregnancy, severe infections in the second and third trimesters, severe pregnancy-induced hypertension, and pathological dystocia can lead to neonatal cerebral palsy.There is no specific treatment for cerebral palsy. Except for medication to control seizures, most symptoms are managed symptomatically. Early intellectual and psychological education and specialized training should be implemented.
1. Comprehensive treatment should be adopted, including intellectual and language training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, acupuncture, massage, bracing, and plaster orthopedics.
2. Orthopedic surgery is only suitable for severe pain cases with relatively preserved intelligence, aged 5 or older, and those who do not respond to non-surgical treatments. The goal of surgery is to alleviate severe pain, stabilize muscle strength balance, correct deformities, and stabilize joints. Surgical methods can be divided into four categories:
① Posterior root neurotomy;
② Nerve branch neurotomy: cutting the nerve branches controlling severe pain muscles;
③ Tendon surgery;
④ Bone and joint surgery.
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