Question

I had a healthy pregnancy and all my prenatal checks were normal. However, when my child was born, there were symptoms of umbilical cord around the neck and hypoxia. After the child was born, a test revealed that my child had cerebral palsy. At that time, I wanted to give up. Now my child is two years old. Their limbs are not flexible and they do not speak fluently.

Answer

Cerebral palsy typically refers to a central nervous system disorder characterized by abnormal brain development caused by non-progressive brain damage or various reasons from birth to one month after birth. Clinically, it is characterized by abnormal posture and muscle tone, muscle weakness, involuntary movements, and ataxia. It often accompanies sensory, cognitive, communication, and behavioral impairments, as well as secondary skeletal muscle abnormalities, and there is a possibility of seizures. Frequent seizures of cerebral palsy can lead to quadriplegia, sensory abnormalities, single limb tenderness, and intellectual disability in individuals. It is common in hands and feet, at least in children with ataxia. Cerebral palsy should not be treated promptly. A large amount of experimental and clinical data indicates that the brain’s edge