Question
A friend’s son is two years old this year. At birth, he seemed no different from other children. However, as he began to speak and walk, it was noticed that his legs were different from those of other children, and he also had difficulty speaking. The baby was taken to the hospital for a check-up, and the result was cerebral palsy. What kind of help do I need: What causes pediatric cerebral palsy?
Answer
The most common prenatal factors include genetic transmission across generations and chromosomal diseases, congenital infections, malformations or developmental abnormalities of the brain, fetal brain ischemia and hypoxia leading to periventricular white matter softening or basal ganglia damage, and more. Perinatal factors refer to brain injuries that occur during labor and within one week after birth, including brain edema, neonatal shock, intracranial hemorrhage, sepsis, or central nervous system infection, and ischemic hypoxic brain disease. Perinatal factors may be an important cause of cerebral palsy in premature infants.