Patient's question:
My best friend's mother gave birth to a boy when she was 40 years old. The child was (hypoxic) at birth. Now the little boy has extremely poor motor skills and cannot walk without the help of others. His intelligence is significantly lower compared to other children of the same age.Doctor's answer:
Cerebral palsy typically refers to central motor disorders caused by non-progressive brain damage or brain developmental abnormalities due to various reasons from birth to one month after birth. Clinically, it is characterized by abnormal postures and muscle tone, muscle weakness, involuntary movements, and ataxia. It is often accompanied by sensory, cognitive, communication, behavioral disorders, and secondary skeletal muscle abnormalities, and may also involve epilepsy. Non-progressive central motor disorders caused by various reasons after one month of birth are sometimes referred to as acquired cerebral palsy (acquired cerebral palsy), accounting for about 10% of childhood cerebral palsy. The incidence rate of cerebral palsy is approximately 1.2-2.5‰ (per 1000 live births).