Patient's question:
Hello, doctor. My baby is now 19 months old and still cannot walk. A brain CT scan revealed that she has congenital cerebral palsy. What should I do? Normally, the brain is divided into the left and right hemispheres, but she only has one ventricle. However, it doesn't affect her intelligence—it's just that she cannot walk. We are now preparing for rehabilitation training. I want to consider minimally invasive surgery, but I've heard it can rebound.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, contractions, and joint flexion. In mild cases, fine motor skills in the hands are impaired, 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 exhibit varying degrees of seizures and intellectual disabilities. Cerebral palsy leads to delayed motor development. If the child remains inactive and lethargic after three months of birth, shows no crawling movements when prone, or still grips tightly with their hands at four to six months, they may exhibit symptoms such as (shuāngzhāng bùtài - shuffling gait) and (jiǎndāo bùtài - scissors gait). Many medications cannot directly penetrate the blood-brain barrier and thus lack direct therapeutic 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 symptoms rather than the root cause, fail to address the fundamental issue. TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Guī-Lóng-Nǎo-Kāng 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 speech, walking ability, and cognitive function.