Question
The infant is currently six months old and was diagnosed with delayed brain development in the hospital at the age of one hundred days. The symptoms at the time included poor head support, inability to focus on faces, inability to track light sources, and no response to sounds. The brain structure showed a midline centered position, no obvious abnormal signals in the paranasal sinuses, and no obvious abnormal signals in the scalp and brain. How should it be treated?
Answer
Children with delayed brain development tend to have slower motor development compared to typically developing children. The onset of crawling, sitting, standing, and walking is later than that of their same-age peers, especially walking, which is often seen to begin between the ages of 3 to 4 or 4 to 5 years when they start walking independently, and their gait is unstable. Considering the child’s poor response, comprehensive and systematic rehabilitation therapy is necessary. It is not advisable to rely solely on medication or