Patient's question:
The son of a friend is three years old now. Up to now, the baby is not very steady when walking. When carefully observing the baby, it feels different from children of the same age, but it's hard to pinpoint exactly how. So, the baby was taken to the hospital for a brain examination, which revealed cerebral palsy. The friend doesn't understand how the child got cerebral palsy.Doctor's answer:
Hello, there are many causes of cerebral palsy, but it may be more than 1/3. In some cases and under certain conditions, there may be multiple factors. Prenatal factors are the most common, including genetic and chromosomal diseases, congenital infections, brain malformations or developmental abnormalities, local ischemia of the fetal brain, and hypoxia caused by periventricular leukomalacia or basal ganglia damage. Perinatal factors refer to brain injuries that occur within one week of birth, including brain edema, neonatal shock, brain hemorrhage, sepsis or central nervous system infections, as well as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Perinatal factors may be a significant cause of cerebral palsy in premature infants. Postnatal factors include central nervous system infections, cerebrovascular diseases, head trauma, and non-progressive brain damage caused by poisoning from one week to 3 or 4 years of age. For the treatment of cerebral palsy, traditional Chinese medicine can be used.