Question
My aunt’s grandniece was born without any major abnormalities, but later it seemed something was off. When she finally saw a doctor, they mentioned signs of cerebral palsy. What causes neonatal cerebral palsy?
Answer
Prenatal factors include the influence of unhealthy habits such as parental smoking, alcoholism, or certain diseases like diabetes, hypertension syndrome, and excessive use of birth control pills, which are among the causes of prenatal cerebral palsy. Oxygen deprivation in the brain during childbirth, or the birth or stillbirth history of elderly pregnant women, as well as a history of miscarriage and intrauterine infection, are also causes of cerebral palsy. It is recommended that such situations be treated under the guidance of a doctor.