The dangers of cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is a disease that can cause great damage to a child's brain. It may cause abnormal problems in our body, so when a child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, we recommend that they receive treatment from a doctor. There are many causes of cerebral palsy in children. This problem may occur if you are not careful during pregnancy. The behavior of the parents during pregnancy and the lack of attention after the child is born may make the child more susceptible to this disease.

There are many causes of cerebral palsy in children, which can be summarized as follows: parents smoking, drinking, taking drugs, mother suffering from mental illness, diabetes during pregnancy, vaginal bleeding, gestational hypertension, placenta previa, threatened abortion or taking contraceptives to treat infertility, pregnancy-preserving drugs, etc.; high parity, premature birth, history of miscarriage, twins or multiple births, fetal growth retardation, intrauterine infection, intrauterine distress, placental abruption, placental dysfunction, umbilical cord around the neck, forceps delivery, long breech presentation, premature or post-term low birth weight babies, asphyxia and aspiration pneumonia after birth, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, kernicterus, intracranial hemorrhage, infection, poisoning and malnutrition, etc.

(1) Movement disorders: The patient has poor motor self-control ability. In severe cases, the patient cannot grasp objects with his hands or walk with his feet. Some patients cannot even turn over, sit up, stand, or chew and swallow normally.

(2) Postural disorders: Various abnormal postures, poor posture stability, the head cannot be straightened at 3 months, and is accustomed to leaning to one side, or swaying left and right, front and back. The child does not like to take a bath and has difficulty opening his fist when washing his hands.

(3) Intellectual Disability: About 1/4 of the children have normal intelligence, about 1/2 have mild or moderate intellectual disability, and about 1/4 have severe intellectual disability.

(4) Language barriers: difficulty in language expression, unclear pronunciation or stuttering.

(5) The most common visual and auditory impairments include esotropia and difficulty in distinguishing the rhythm of sounds.

(6) Growth and development disorders and short stature.

(7) Developmental disorders cause teeth to be loose and easily broken. Orofacial dysfunction, with spasms or sometimes uncoordinated contractions of the facial and tongue muscles, difficulty chewing and swallowing, difficulty closing the mouth, and drooling.

(8) Emotional and behavioral disorders: Stubbornness, willfulness, irritability, and withdrawal, with mood swings and sometimes compulsive, self-harming, and aggressive behaviors.

(9) 39% to 50% of children with cerebral palsy develop epilepsy due to fixed lesions in the brain, especially those with severe intellectual disability.

Friends should be more aware of the dangers of cerebral palsy in children. Expectant mothers should pay more attention in their daily lives and not do things that may harm the baby. Expectant fathers should also cooperate with expectant mothers and change bad habits to prevent the baby from being born with cerebral palsy.