Patient's question:
My child was saved from oxygen deprivation during birth and is now one year old. They cannot sit or roll over and I wonder if it's due to cerebral palsy?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 with abduction, and in severe cases, muscle rigidity, spasms, and joints maintaining a flexed position. In mild cases, fine motor skills in the hands are poor, and the heels do not touch the ground when walking. These patients often have language development and dysarthria, as well as strabismus. Approximately one-third of patients experience varying degrees of seizures and intellectual disabilities. Cerebral palsy causes delayed motor development. If the child is not active or mobile after three months of birth, and lacks crawling movements when prone, or if the hands remain tightly clenched after four to six months of age, symptoms such as hurried gait or scissor gait may be observed. Many drugs cannot directly penetrate the blood-brain barrier and thus cannot produce direct therapeutic effects. Rehabilitation exercises can only improve the imitation ability of children with cerebral palsy and mild intellectual disabilities and partially enhance motor skills. These methods, which treat symptoms rather than the root cause, cannot resolve the fundamental issue. TCM Gui-Long-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 promoting brain cell development, giving hope that the child's speech, walking, and intelligence may return to normal levels. For those in need, direct consultation can be made to them.