Patient's question:
The child next door was diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after birth.Doctor's answer:
Hello, there are many causes of cerebral palsy, but in more than 1/3 of cases, the cause cannot be identified. Sometimes, multiple factors may be involved in some cases.Pre-natal factors are the most common, including genetic and chromosomal diseases, congenital infections, brain developmental malformations or dysplasia, fetal brain ischemia and hypoxia leading to periventricular leukomalacia or basal ganglia damage, etc.
Perinatal factors refer to brain injuries that occur from the start of labor to one week after birth, including brain edema, neonatal shock, intracranial hemorrhage, sepsis or central nervous system infection, ischemic hypoxic encephalopathy, etc. Perinatal factors may be a major cause of cerebral palsy in premature infants.
Post-neonatal factors include various causes of non-progressive brain damage that occur between one week and 3 or 4 years of age, such as central nervous system infections, cerebrovascular diseases, cranial trauma, poisoning, etc.
For cerebral palsy, timely treatment is essential. Currently, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is recommended for treating cerebral palsy. TCM has unique advantages in treating such brain diseases and is worth considering.