Patient's question:
When my child was born, due to a long delivery process, it resulted in oxygen deprivation to the child's brain, leading to cerebral palsy. The child started walking very late, and even at the age of two, they still needed adult support to walk. The child's right hand cannot grasp objects, and the right leg also lacks strength when walking. What are the causes of infantile cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
Cerebral palsy in children is a syndrome caused by non-progressive brain damage in children due to developmental disorders. The causes of cerebral palsy are diverse. Cerebral palsy is one of the main diseases causing disability in children. In the future, children with cerebral palsy will face great threats in all aspects. Jaundice is a process that most children may experience after birth, but if treatment is not timely, bilirubin may enter the central nervous system, especially in the basal ganglia, hypothalamic nuclei, caudate nucleus, etc., which may lead to jaundice. And intellectual disability or cerebral palsy, this is one of the causes of cerebral palsy. At the same time, brain damage at birth, various factors during the perinatal period such as intrauterine hypoxia, hypoxia-ischemic encephalopathy caused by asphyxia, intracranial hemorrhage, etc.