Patient's question:
A 2-year-old boy from a friend's family is a congenital cerebral palsy patient. I don't know why the child got this congenital cerebral palsy. What are the reasons that caused it?Doctor's answer:
Hello, the cause of congenital cerebral palsy is mainly manifested between the mother and child. For example, poor maintenance during pregnancy, the pregnant woman suffering from certain high-risk diseases, and the development of the fetus can cause congenital cerebral palsy. Direct causes. The main reasons are as follows: (1) Low birth weight infants (less than 2500g): including premature infants, small for gestational age. (2) Congenital abnormalities: including brain development abnormalities caused by various reasons, 53% of spastic cerebral palsy patients are related to congenital abnormalities; 35% of non-spastic cerebral palsy patients are caused by congenital developmental abnormalities. (3) Brain ischemia and hypoxia: 20% of cerebral palsy patients are caused by asphyxia and birth injuries. (4) Kernicterus: An important cause of cerebral palsy. With the development of family medicine, the proportion of cerebral palsy caused by kernicterus has decreased.