Causes of cerebral palsy in children

Cerebral palsy is a very common disease. This type of disease has a great impact on the body. If you suffer from such a disease, you need to receive timely treatment. To treat cerebral palsy, you need to choose a variety of treatment methods, which will be very helpful in alleviating the patient's disease. The common treatment method for cerebral palsy is medication. This treatment method is simple and will not have much impact on the patient's body. What are the causes of cerebral palsy in children?

Causes of cerebral palsy in children:

The causes of neonatal cerebral palsy can be divided into three aspects:

The first is the prenatal reason, the second is the intrapartum reason, and the last is the postpartum reason.

Prenatal factors include the influence of parents' bad habits such as smoking and alcoholism, or some diseases such as diabetes, hypertension syndrome and excessive use of contraceptives, which are all causes of prenatal cerebral palsy.

There is also a high possibility that the baby will develop cerebral palsy during delivery. If the baby's brain is traumatized at birth, or the brain is deprived of oxygen during delivery, or the woman is in a high pregnancy rate or has a history of stillbirth, miscarriage, or intrauterine infection during delivery, these are all causes of cerebral palsy.

There are also a large number of reasons that can cause cerebral palsy in children after childbirth, such as jaundice in children, which can cause cerebral palsy.

Therefore, to prevent cerebral palsy, couples should pay attention to premarital examinations to rule out potential hazards of adverse factors. They should also conduct relevant examinations before pregnancy to rule out diseases that may cause cerebral palsy and ensure a safe pregnancy.

symptom

1. Body weakness and decreased spontaneous movements are symptoms of hypotonia and can be seen in one month. If it persists for more than 4 months, it may be diagnosed as severe brain damage, mental retardation or muscle system disease.

2. The body becomes stiff. This is a symptom of hypertonia and can be seen in one month. If it persists for more than 4 months, it can be diagnosed as cerebral palsy.

3. Abnormal head circumference: Head circumference is an objective indicator of the morphological development of the brain. Children with brain damage often have abnormal head circumference.

4. Fixed posture: It is often caused by abnormal muscle tension due to brain damage, such as opisthotonos, frog position, inverted U-shaped posture, etc. It can be seen one month after birth.

5. Poor weight gain and inability to breastfeed.

6. Strabismus: If a 3-4 month old baby has strabismus and poor eye movement, it may indicate the presence of brain damage.

After understanding the causes of cerebral palsy in children, when alleviating cerebral palsy, we must proceed according to the cause of the child. In the process of treating cerebral palsy, parents must follow the doctor's approach. This will help control the child's disease and prevent the disease from continuing to develop.