Patient's question:
My baby is a premature infant. Because of oxygen deprivation in the womb, he was delivered two months early. Now he's almost one year old, but he still can't lift his head and has slow reactions. When I took him to the hospital for a check-up, the diagnosis was infantile cerebral palsy. Why does it cause infantile cerebral palsy? What are the causes of infantile cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
Factors causing childhood cerebral palsy:1. Genetic factors: Some cases of cerebral palsy can be traced back to a family history of genetic diseases in same-aged individuals or their mothers and fathers, including a family history of cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, or congenital deformities.
2. Prenatal factors: Congenital deformities; genetic defects; intrauterine infections causing brain tissue damage; threatened miscarriage due to brain hypoxia; maternal rubella infection; maternal exposure to toxic substances; exposure to radiation or drug toxicity can affect fetal development.
3. Birth factors: Various adverse factors between the mother and newborn can damage the child's brain tissue: fetal hypoxia during delivery, such as umbilical cord prolapse, nuchal cord, cord deformation, or blocked umbilical cord blood transport; difficult labor leading to newborn asphyxia; large babies.