Patient's question:
The child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. She often uses her hand to scratch her head. When she cries and fusses, if we touch her head, she calms down. Should I just let her be or is there a specific way to handle it? Can anything be done to help alleviate this? Or is it simply about touching her head more to provide comfort?Doctor's answer:
It is important to seek treatment as early as possible. Cerebral palsy is not an incurable disease. Guangzhou Women and Children's Hospital has treated many children with cerebral palsy. You can often comfort the child. Touch the child's head. Full-body muscle massage. The child is anxious. Massage helps to calm them. Cerebral palsy is a defect in motor function of the central nervous system. The child cannot perform gross motor movements. Fine motor function cannot be performed. Therefore, early rehabilitation training is necessary. Acupuncture and massage for the whole body muscles and limbs. Light therapy, hydrotherapy, and mud therapy.