Patient's question:
Married to my husband for three months, I wanted to learn more about related knowledge to have a healthy baby. Last time, I saw a child with cerebral palsy, and his parents' faces were very bad. Maybe the stimulus was especially strong. What kind of help do I need: I'm pregnant, what are the preventive measures for pediatric cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
Value pre-marital health: Preventing childhood cerebral palsy starts from pre-marital care. A guide for the couple preparing to get married regarding sexual health, fertility, and genetic diseases. Additionally, a woman's reproductive age should be good before 35 to prevent childhood cerebral palsy. It is also important to pay attention to the nutritional deficiencies of pregnant women, which often lead to low birth weight or abnormal fetal brain development, resulting in childhood cerebral palsy. Infants born to iodine-deficient mothers usually have neurological defects. Besides causing anemia in maternal iron deficiency, it can also affect the baby's intelligence.