Patient's question:
The child of my cousin is a cerebral palsy patient.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. The most common prenatal factors include genetic and chromosomal diseases, congenital infections, brain developmental malformations or dysplasia, and periventricular leukomalacia or basal ganglia damage due to fetal brain ischemia and hypoxia. Perinatal factors refer to brain injuries that occur from the start of labor to one week after birth, including cerebral edema, neonatal shock, intracranial hemorrhage, sepsis or central nervous system infection, and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Perinatal factors may be an important cause of cerebral palsy in premature infants. Factors after late neonatal period include central nervous system infections, cerebrovascular diseases, cranial trauma, and poisoning that occur between one week and 3 or 4 years of age, causing various non-progressive brain injuries. For the treatment of cerebral palsy, it is currently recommended to adopt traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Using traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine to improve and alleviate the patient's condition.