What is the cause of cerebral palsy in children?

Cerebral palsy is a relatively common disease with many causes. So what are the causes of cerebral palsy in children? The main causes of cerebral palsy in children include placental abnormalities, malposition of the fetus and other causes. After birth, cerebral palsy may also be caused by neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, intrauterine distress, premature birth and other causes. We must do a good job in disease prevention to reduce harm to children.

The causes of the disease include placental abnormalities, malposition of the fetus, intrauterine distress, premature birth, multiple births, birth asphyxia, as well as neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, kernicterus, infection, trauma, cerebral hemorrhage, brain malformations, etc.

1. Hypoxia and asphyxia: including fetal hypoxia and asphyxia in the mother's womb, neonatal hypoxia and asphyxia during delivery, respiratory distress syndrome, systemic circulatory failure, and polycythemia.

2. Brain injury: such as brain injury to the baby during delivery, craniocerebral injury or brain infection, or cerebrovascular accident in the newborn.

3. Premature birth and fetal maldevelopment: fetal intrauterine infection, slow intrauterine growth, and congenital malformations. If the newborn weighs less than 2500 grams, the possibility of cerebral palsy increases greatly (about 40% of children with cerebral palsy weigh less than 2500 grams)

4. Certain genetic diseases and neonatal kernicterus.

5. Causes for pregnant women: including abdominal trauma, threatened abortion, prenatal bleeding, pregnancy toxemia, placental causes (placental abruption, placenta previa, placental necrosis or placental dysfunction), and certain chronic diseases of pregnant women (hypertension, hepatitis, diabetes, drug abuse, drug overdose, etc.).

We hope that this analysis on the causes of cerebral palsy in children will help pediatric patients. We also hope that parents will do a good job of taking care of their children, especially during pregnancy, they must pay attention to disease prevention, do not take medicine indiscriminately, go to the hospital for regular check-ups, and rule out the occurrence of disease.