Patient's question:
My baby is two years old this year. Now I've noticed that he is slow to react and finds it difficult to learn to speak compared to children of the same age. He also can't crawl. The hospital's thorough examination said he has cerebral palsy. It felt like a bolt from the blue. I don't know what to do. What kind of help is needed: What factors can lead to infantile cerebral palsy?Doctor's answer:
The intellectual disability of the mother is the main risk factor for cerebral palsy, accounting for 2.7‰ of cerebral palsy cases. The second risk factor is maternal complications during labor. Maternal epilepsy, pre-pregnancy hyperthyroidism, or having two or more stillbirths are significantly associated with cerebral palsy. Other factors during pregnancy, such as infections, physical and chemical factors, fetal brain edema and hypoxia, and maternal nutritional deficiencies, can also affect the fetus. The fetal brain grows most rapidly during the first 3-4 months of pregnancy. Damage during this period is more severe and widespread than in the later stages of early pregnancy, with residual inflammation being both more severe and more extensive.