Patient's question:
My child felt a bit strange right after birth, and no matter how we tried to entertain him, he didn't react. At first, we thought it was just because he was very young, but now he still doesn't respond to sounds. We took him to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor said he has cerebral palsy in children. We want to understand the cause. What are the causes of childhood cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
The causes of cerebral palsy are numerous, but may not exceed one-third. In some cases, multiple factors may be involved. The most common prenatal factors include genetic and chromosomal diseases, congenital infections, brain malformations or developmental abnormalities; perinatal factors refer to brain damage that occurs from birth to one week after birth. Brain edema, neonatal shock, brain hemorrhage, sepsis, or central nervous system infection. Perinatal factors, such as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, may be a major cause of cerebral palsy in premature infants. Late neonatal factors include central nervous system infection, cerebrovascular disease, head trauma, and poisoning from one week to three or four years of age. The causes of various non-progressive brain injuries.