Patient's question:
Does Henan have a hospital for cerebral palsy? Where is it?Doctor's answer:
The child suffers from 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 in abduction, and in severe cases, muscle rigidity, contractures, and joint flexion. In mild cases, fine motor skills in the hands are poor, and the heels cannot touch the ground when walking. Patients with this condition often have 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 lethargic after three months of birth, and shows no crawling movements when prone, or if the hands remain tightly clenched after four to six months of age, symptoms such as (shānzhāng bùtài - shuffling gait) and (jiǎndāo bùtài - scissors gait) may be observed. Many drugs cannot directly penetrate the blood-brain barrier and thus cannot produce direct pharmacological effects. Rehabilitation exercises can only improve the imitation ability of children with cerebral palsy and mild intellectual disabilities, as well as enhance some motor skills. These methods, which treat only symptoms rather than the root cause, fail to address the fundamental issue. TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Guilongnaokang 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 levels of speech, walking, and intelligence.