Question
Due to work reasons, I have not had a child for several years. Last year, I gave birth to a child, who was very healthy at birth. The other day, when I took my son for a medical check-up, the doctor said he had cerebral palsy. I would like to learn about the methods of treating cerebral palsy in infants.
Answer
Cerebral palsy is not an untreatable condition. In most cases, unless it is extremely severe, early diagnosis and treatment can enable most children to recover or reach a normal level. This is the consensus repeatedly emphasized by experts at the Early Diagnosis and Comprehensive Rehabilitation Conference for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral palsy (abbreviated as CP) is a non-progressive brain injury caused by various reasons from before birth to one month after birth, primarily manifested as central motor impairment and postural abnormalities, which may be accompanied by intellectual disability, language disorders, and behavioral abnormalities, mainly affecting children’s growth and development and psychological maturation. According to relevant statistics, the incidence rate of cerebral palsy in premature infants is 24.7%, which is 40 to 70 times higher than that of full-term infants. The increasing incidence of cerebral palsy is related to the improved survival rate of low birth weight premature infants in our country in recent years.