Question
A friend’s child was born looking healthy and plump, but recently it has been said that the child has cerebral palsy, showing significant developmental delays and not smiling or suckling. The friend says it was due to dystocia during childbirth, a medical accident during the labor process, and everyone is very sad.
Answer
(4) Abnormal labor processes: such as prolonged labor, inversion, use of forceps, suctioning or anesthesia; or long-term labor; (5) Neonatal factors: neonatal asphyxia, cardiorespiratory insufficiency, such as congenital heart disease, respiratory distress syndrome, circulatory collapse, polycythemia; (6) Kernicterus: an important cause of cerebral palsy. With the development of perinatal medicine, the proportion of cerebral palsy caused by kernicterus has decreased; (7) High fever, trauma, and shock, etc.