What to do if you have congenital microcephaly?

Nowadays, people don’t pay attention to many things when they are pregnant. The mother will even wear makeup when she is pregnant. During pregnancy, any chemical ingredients should be avoided if possible, but some people don’t care for the sake of beauty, so some people will give birth to babies with various diseases. Some children may be born with microcephaly. What should we do if we encounter this problem? What does the doctor suggest?

Microcephaly can generally be divided into two situations, one of which requires surgical treatment as soon as possible, and the other of which is ineffective due to surgical treatment.

Microcephaly, which requires surgery as soon as possible, is caused by abnormal development of the skull, which prevents the head from growing normally. In other words, abnormal development of the skull restricts the development of the brain, which is usually called craniosynostosis. Once discovered, surgery should be performed as soon as possible to remove the restriction on brain development.

If the treatment is ineffective, it means that the brain development is poor, which prevents the head from growing normally, resulting in a small head. There is usually no special treatment for this type of deformity, so surgery is ineffective for this type of disease. This disease will cause the child to have significant intellectual and motor developmental delays in the future.

If it is craniosynostosis, there are two ways of surgical treatment. One is to remove the prematurely closed suture and then select a new suture. The other is to remove large pieces of bone to achieve decompression and facilitate brain development. You need to find a hospital with the necessary conditions to arrange surgery as soon as possible.

Traditional Chinese medicine can be used to repair damaged brain cells. It contains rich neurotrophic factors, small molecule peptides, and multiple amino acids. These active ingredients can directly act on brain cells.

Therefore, the child may be born with strange problems. As a mother, you should first reduce the chance of the child getting sick. During pregnancy, you should pay attention to avoid contact with certain chemical components, avoid dangerous actions, etc. Even if the child has congenital defects, parents should still seek treatment as soon as possible and fulfill their parental responsibilities.