Patient's question:
The baby still hasn't learned to crawl yet, can't sit steadily, and always has a drooping head. Their gaze is vacant, and their reaction is very slow. At ten months, it was noticed that something was wrong, as they were different from other children. They often drool. After a thorough check-up at the hospital, the doctor diagnosed them with cerebral palsy and said that treatment is needed.What kind of help is needed: Why does cerebral palsy reappear in children? What should be done?
Doctor's answer:
There are many causes of cerebral palsy in children, which can be specifically summarized as follows: parents smoking, taking drugs, using narcotics, mothers suffering from mental illness, diabetes during pregnancy, vaginal bleeding, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, placenta previa, threatened abortion, or taking drugs for infertility or to prevent miscarriage; a history of high parity, preterm birth, miscarriage, multiple pregnancies (twins or more), fetal growth retardation, intrauterine infection, fetal distress, placental abruption, placental dysfunction, umbilical cord, forceps delivery, breech presentation with a long labor, low birth weight in premature or postterm infants, postnatal respiratory distress and aspiration pneumonia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, kernicterus, intracranial hemorrhage, infection, toxicity, and malnutrition.