Patient's question:
The son rarely smiles and has difficulty with feeding, and is completely different from other children. I am very worried. A few days ago, I took him to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor said he has cerebral palsy. I had no prior knowledge of cerebral palsy and want to know the causes of fetal cerebral palsy. What are the causes of fetal cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
There is a genetic cause: if the parents are close relatives, or if there is a history of cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, or congenital malformations in the family, the incidence rate in infants increases.Pre-natal causes: Pre-natal factors are the most common causes, including genetic and chromosomal diseases, congenital infections, brain malformations or developmental abnormalities, fetal brain ischemia, and hypoxia caused by ventricular white matter softening or basal ganglia damage.
Perinatal causes: Perinatal factors refer to brain injuries that occur from the start of delivery to within one week after birth, including cerebral edema, neonatal shock, intracerebral hemorrhage, sepsis or central nervous system infections, as well as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Perinatal factors may be a significant cause of cerebral palsy in premature infants.